St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-11

that there were, and advised those pres
ent to send their cOnsignmentS to the
houses advertising in his institute
pamphlet.
Mr.. Gould, of Ohio handled the sub
iect of 1.-The Silo and Ensllage" in an
interesting manner, proving himself a
master of his theme. Mr.. Gould claims
to have built the first silo built west of
the Allegheny mountains and hence is
pioneer in the use of ensilage, in which
he has unbounded faith. He made it
plain that it was necessary to utilize all
the grain straw and corn fodder grown
ON the farm. In this he said it would be
necessary for farmers to work 365 days
IN the year, and not lie content to work
the summer months only. 1t was nee
essary to provide green food for stock
in winter as we'll as in summer, and the
silo would do this. AS high as sixty
one tons of ensilage .corn had
been raised on an acre of land.
The large the corn the better for
ensilage, but under no circum-
stances put any sweet corn into a silo.
Get the best varieties of field cOrn-the
rankeSt and largest. Had filled his Silo
at a cost of % cents per ton last fall. 1t
cost IS per acre to raise corn, including
rent of land at So per acre, and the aver
age yield was from II to % tons per
acre, and it cost him 81 per acre to put
it into the silO. Had obtained S119 worth
of ensilage from one acre of corn, and
after deducting all expenses it melted
him $50, by selling milk. Twenty-Five
pounds of ensilage was enough at one
ration for one COW. Clover also made
excellent enSilage. Mr.. Gould gave a
descriptive account of his silo, which
was illustrated with charts. Last sum-
mer he built silo in his barn that holds
100 tons at a cost of only $40. 10. 1t was
not expensive to build silos, and no one
need be deferred from building one on
that account.
Mr.. Louis was next on the programme
with "Swine Feeding" and he showed
his thorough knowledge of the business
by the intelligent manner in which he
treated his subject. The market to-day
requires hogs of about $50 pound weight,
and the sooner this amount of pork can
be,grown the more it will pay. In his eX-
periments he found that 1t required
three pounds of feed daily to support
life in a 100-pOund ShOat. He said he
had been guilty of keeping shoats over
winter weighing precisely the same the
first of May as the~November pre-.
vious. but he had different system
nOw-selling his hogs at from six to ten
months old. No man can afford to raise
hogs without an abundant supply of
clover, and he should also have the
courage to fence his entire farm hog
tight. A successful hog raiser should
keep up courage. even though prices
did decline, as an advance would be
bound to come, when he will reap his
reward. 1t was only by sticking to it that
man became successful in animal hus-
bandry. Mr.. Louis exhibited a chart
showing his hog house, and described
how he managed it at narrowing time.
He also showed model of his portable
OrmOvable fence, which every farmer
ought to have. He saved the manure
and put it back on his land. He fed
clover hay in winter time and found
that the pigs relished. it. He also
has squash winters, raising them
in his corn field. Planted every
fourth hill in every fourth row.
His pigs get no milk, but this deficiency
Is supplied by feeding them oil meal.
He thought two sows with six pigs each
enough for an acre of clover. He sOWed
Canadian peas which he fed with good
results when the clover was all gone. A
hog should have all the salt it will eat.
Charcoal was also essential to the health
of hogs. He considered ground feed
the most profitable. He steamed the
food from fall until the following June,
as the hogs did better on warm feed
than on cold