Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-04-24
ENSILAGE.

TIE economical feeding Of mich
COWS is a matter Of increasing inn
portance in this Territory, especially
in towns. and the following article
| is reproduced here for this reason.
It first appeared in Hodrd's Dairy
man, published at Fort Atkinson,
Wisconsin, under the head, CHOW
to Make Good Ensilage:-
1.-THE most important point to OBJ
serve in making ensilage. is to have
the corn at tine proDer state Of ma
turity. After repeated tests, am salts
fed that the best stage is just as the
corn comes in good condition TO boil
FOR table use. We formerly cut much
younger than this and recently have
cut 1t Olde', but the nearer it can be
cut 10 this stage the better, as all
The parts. stalk, blade, and ear, are
then at their best development.
Another point TO observe, is to
avoid the practice Of tramping,
especially next the walls. Fill
the silo slowly, not because fast
filling viii not give good ensilage,
but because slow filling gives the en-
silase a chance to heat thoroughly and
settle uniformly without tramping. In
cutting, do not allow the ensilage 10
pile up in the middle Of the silo and
throw all the cut cars off to the sides,
but keep spread out level as fast as
cut. When the crop is in, put about
two feet OF straw all over the top, and
do not buther about any other cover.
The steam from the mass OF ensilsge
will soon dampen the straw, and the
mycelium OF mould will soon run all
through II and seal it together into an
air tight cover.
"Don'l pay any attention to the va
rious schemes OF those who talk about
storing corn ensilage uncut. Even
If ii would keep as well. we can readily
imagine the job Of getting out of the
silo those long stalks and the waste in |
feeding. The loss on such practice !
will pay for an ensilage cutter, even in |
a moderate sized silo. Don't dig a pit =!
in the ground % make a silo. You
can build one on top OF the ground for |
whatit would costto dig the hole, and it |
would make better ensilage than the |
pit. y siIo, made by |
setting good oak posts in the ground,
and sheathing inside with one and a
la I inch stun. nailed horizontally,
and an inch plank nailed vertically
inside Of this and coated with boiled
tar viii last as long as one regularly
framed on a sill. and believe longer,
and VIII not cost as much. No floor
- ha.ever is needed. but the ground
outside should be graded to prevent
any wafer getting under the silo. The
roof should project two or-ihree fee,
III arsind. so as to throw the drip
well of, and to prevent the rain beat
NJ in at the gables, which had as
veil be left uninclosed. Ensilage
would have been much more widely
ised before this, but for the general
that deep and costly
pits were necessary. and an
immense amount OF labor needed TO
tow the crop, cover, and have tons Of
ock for weighing. The cheapening
I the process, which has been accom-
'hshed Of late years, is leading 10 a
.eneraI adoption Of the cheapest and
,es; winter food for stock ever dis
oyercd. ". +. Massey
Eusilace properly made and fed
5 n wholesome ami nutritious food
Or co#s,and the condition in which
{ is fed to them is well adapted TO
Increase and naintain the flow of
milk. Farmers who sell either but
er or milk would 10 well to try this
ystem Of feeding.