The Republican journal., 1895-07-25

Following are the reports from this county
t4 tlle Maine state Board Of \ AgrieuTure
MpNfoEl heard d man say recently that
he trd his cow largely On enslage viii Out
--talll. ali.t She ghy, arg Hoax Of milk hut
tAe cream WAS AN unknown qHanti5y.. y.
'llftA ID d f.-f' feed il~'t ne milk r ALL liz
pfeVefif ti8e +eFetlfl AtGteria from w.,r!x-
lug Perhaps Ont professors Wiil he able ta
answer wiieu they haze learned itt!e that
is S~ to take the place NJ tlelf present knQN5
itt'lge that ~! 80. After tae haeterla craze
ia oyer they may he sane. Z, q, DOW.
N0te-l Elm, conditions noted M rhe main
who led -i. COW large quantities of ensilage
wtr,' probably eaIisei BY a sudden change
tr8m TRY feed, which affected tie HON nf
milk 50 suddenly that tile normal condition
Wa NOT maintained II the feed had been
Continued for a time. he would have found
that lie would have had the usual per cent
of cream No one has ever claimed As far aS
we are aware, that bacteria had ANYTHING to
ITO with the separation Of the cream from
the milk 1t is a mechanical process. caused
entirely by the less specific gravity of the
cream We believe there are valuable les
sons being learned from the Investigations
OF our scientific men, and that, while thew
make mistakes we'll as the rest Of u.s.
their efforts have been conducive of mu h
good. The use OF bacteria for producing
Tiavor is not confined to milk aud butter
but enters into the production OF several ar
t'cles Of food and their use has passed be-
yond the experimental stage, and come 20
be a well recognized fact In practice, as we'll
as III science. Secretary.
LlBERTY-My silo, built in 1884, is eight
and one-half feet square and twenty-five
feet deep Constructed III bay of barn, it
extends to bottom of basement eight feet.
The siis, sX1u, are hedded III cement, rest
ing ON a smooth ledge. Covered the bottom
with about foot OF sawdust, banked we'll
up at the sides. Studdlng 2xG. sixteen inches
apart. Used two thieknesses of rough boards
with tarred paper between. When com
pleted painted the inside with coal tar and
rosln put on hot. Cost of material and la
Dor, $40. Filled with we'll matured yellow
corn put in whole, covered with two feet of
meadow grass. Began to feed January 10Th
TO cows and young stock, hay in morung,
ensilage noon and night 1t was decayed
quite badly around the walls at the top but
after feeding few days il was perfectly
sound and very satisfactory. The stock pre-
ferred it to the best Timothy and clover hay
and it noticeably increased the flow of milk.
Did not notice that it affected the flavor of
the butter. Am well satisfied so far and
have planted more corn this year Should
say that the feeding value Of one acre of
corn stored In silo is equal to two and one
half acres of grass. jesse Overlook.
WALDO STATIoN-Ihere will oe an average
hay crop. about Jwo-thrds much as last
year Considerable last years hay will be
NdIlltu over NoS1 ~ ult pastures III tHls
vicinity are so rocky they cannot be success
fully titled With hay from SIX to eight dol
lars per ton we had much rather fed it than
draw to market. consequently silos will not
increase until the price Of hay increases A
Massachusetts man who owns d farm i'll this
town paid last year on his hay crop Har
vestlng per ton, S3 30; pressing per ton,
81 30: drawing to market per ton, III OO :;
total, SG CO. The crop was forty tons and
sold for 50 80. Some swale grass among
part Of it. Some hand moving Three dol
lars per ton IS what most non residents pay
for having hay cut and put into barns. j.
g. Harding.