The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-05-18

When the siio IS hlied put on top any
green material to The depth Of Eve inch
es-straw will dO-eoyer with boards
and some sticks Of wood-then SIT down
and rest and think hoT much ahead Of
your nsighb0rs you vii b all winter
long. With yoGf corn crop al put aRay
wheEe i wiH give tke bssl possible r.
tu-ns, white your reighboF IS out il the
cold husking corn. OK hauiiHg dsmsSed
fodder ali winter long thst wii Lose -
per cent If fed BY any Of the ouliaaEy
means in practice. In abou.5 weeks, or
after the heat has somewhat srbsided
yo7 can uncover and commence 70 feed
your Silage.
Then It i that your neighbor VII
come around and tel y0u tia. the stud
Is sour, smells bad, and that your ani-
mals vii not eat it; don't mind him, for
he don't know anything sboat il, bat
give the COW = good mess IN his pres
ence and If she does not answer the ques-
ton b bis satisfaction my the and my
advice have been spent in vain
You should feed % each animal Of the
age oftEo years or more 10 or 30 pounds
per day divided into two feeds-morn-
ing and evening; at noon give a feed Of
hay, as much as yoH thing Necessary,
bat il need not be above pounds
Nov let Us figure a little The best
farm land in this country viii not pro
duos more than p tons Of well cured
timothy hay per acre; the sane land VIII
produce - tons Of ensilage. Vow It has
been found both hy chemical analysis
and also by actual practice that = tons of
vel matured corn ensilage Is the equal
in nutritivs value Of ton q good bright
timothy hay-This being true the - tons
o. ensilase would be equal 70 $ tons q
timothy hay or nearly four times Is much
feed per scre a can be Vroducel By any
other means We are nos speaking Of
the nutritive value alone and are not a.
loving the ensi.age anything for its sue
culence, which makes it q vastly more
easily digested and 4ssiuli.a.ad food than
the coarser dryer hay.
Nov II you can grow 50 much more en-
silsge per acre than hay, il necessarily
follows that you can fesd much more
stock, and Will have more manure With
which to increase the fertility Of your
lands which was mention in the eariy
part Of this paper As one Of the prime al
vantages Of the Elo-
Mos. Of you know thati- requires con
slant attention and an abundance OF feed
% make a gain in flesh OF growth. On
young stock in the winter The silo xIil
enable you 70 overcome this difficulty to
q great extent by afforiing you a green
sueculent feed, Just as good As grass in the
dead Of winter.
You VII consequently be required 10
feed much less grain and VII have more
10 sell, and by reason Of your increased
stock still be able 70 iacreaseth fertility
Of your farm Again the feeding Of en-
silage vii require less labor than the old
system The labor Of cutting crops green
and storing IN the silo vii be less than
that nos bestowed IN cutting, curing and
storing N the barn IN dry state.
Again. siios IN which % secure the
green crops vii cost les than barns 20
sore hay; in proof Of this it may be said.
hat the space that is req1irei to hold
,ne ton Of hay, vii hold about J. tons Of
Again, this system VII be applielble
% the whole c0untry-it has proven % be
IS successful in Name as Pennsylvania.
Z gil doubtless De more prizsd in cur
older states than here, for the reason
hat we're the winters are much longer
han they are here il would be trying on
he constitution Of al animals % be fed
o long time On dry food
Vow in thus summing up the advant-
ges Of the siio, our other system nov in
81 / have emily tTied % BE- reasonable
d0 not believe II claiming ali creation
Dr. the silo, for any man who has tee
our1ge 10 ny il VII dEd IN i Sufficient
( commendati0n withoue any words that
m.gh. add.
30 lar as I an individually concerned
intend 10 keep night on building silos
ii have sufficient storage capacity 70
tore sufficient ensilage 10 enable me to
sed silage the entire year round and thus
.eep my stock-that Is my eows-in the
arms aud yards where they vilI have
.erfect immunity from fles- vii be in
he shade most Of the time, and never In
be rain, where they VII not be obliged
o take the exercise they 10 ~ nsea, 10
lot lr1lt, and VIII NOT TAKE unless com
,elled 50 to DO in search oi f53d
III am not obliged 70 pasture my c0Es
can do away with the middle fsucesand
ave the gr01ud they oceuPy 70 farm
o devote to crops, TO say nothing o. ssF-
~ the expense Of maintaining slch
ences. which on farm Of one hundred
.cres amounts % about $50 % peryear.
Thus you see the silo is also the solution
0 the great and costly feace problem
The greatest advantage, however, 20 be
lerived from the pract.oe Of this system,
gill be found 10 the increased amounts
{ manure, which WiIl always D. deposit
4 in the barn yard, where j. can u put
.nder cover and cared f9r t.I such line
IS It Is nee,led for crops, when you all
lW1ys hsyea supply ready a: hand and
4 the bess possible condition for rapid
nd complete assimilation by the crop 10
shieh II IS applied
Then TOO yoC viIi have perfsst innu-
,ity from short pas.u7age, drou-hs which
.ill pasture, b1s have never been knowu
o eject the corr crop 10 the sane ex-
enL Your STOCK viii alvays be sure of
good water supply al the barn, while
many Ct Us have fields that en- only be
assured a. great ineonveaisncs By rea-
On OF the absence Of Tater.
But I have already bal suHl -ieut 20
az. Now in summing up le. me- euj1in
.ou 10 think about this matiero the 81
o think a5oat and 6,1se OF it al win
er. AMI when yen have decid=dt0 build
nd have your iu15er on the ground, If
on are not satisisd with your own jndg-
nent n the matter, ;ay services can be