Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-11-21
eNsIlAee on cosNEopoEa. WHICH,


whether man shall use ensilage OF
eornfodder for the main part Of the
feeding ration must depend both on his
sbllity to construct silo and on the
purpose Tor which he wants feed. The
siio Is mort valuable 10 the dairyman
than TO the farmer who feeds for beef.
Ia the product o. Of milk, tests have
shown ensilage far superior To cornfod-
der, but in the FEEDING OF beeves the
margin OF difference 10 small. Some OF
the tests for this lsttsc purpose have
been slightly favorable To one side and
some slightly favorable TO the other,
80 that man may well consider whether
II will pay him TO go To the extra ex-
pense OF building n silo II he Is not en-
gagged In the production Of milk. But
this must be said Ia favor OF the siio for
general farm use. The experiments
that have been made have tsken fodder
cured In an ideal manner and at its best
for digestioility. In actual practice,
cornfodder Is allowed to stand Ia the
tield until long after its prime. Ifamsn
has silo he Is bound to have his fodder
cut up and put into it long before it
dries up.
In the dairy ensilsge has been tested
side by side with cornfodder and found
tn give far better results. So much has
this been the case that our best dsirymen
are feeding ensilsge as steady feed.
Some OF the men that are selling milk
and cream Ia the large cities NJ fancy
prices feed ensilsge continually and hear
no complaints about the milk keeping
The preservation In the ensilage OF the
succulent qualities makes IL especially
adapted To the use Of the producer oil
milk.
Ensil ,ge properly made and properly
fed can do only good 10 the animals that
receive 1t. The prejudice against IL Is
founded either on nislrust or imsgiDa-
ton. There has been little objection
against IL except " hen IL has formed part
Of the Ration OF dairy cows. A few Of
the factories engaged In condensing milk
have their contracts with the farmer so
worded that the latter cannot feed ensi-
lage To the cows that produce milk for
the factory. One OF the proprietors OF u
condensiug factory said TO friend that
really there was no o'jection To milk
from ensilsge properly made and proper
~ Fed, but that In large number of milk
producers there were sure To be some
men who could not resist the temptation
10 feed ensilsge after Ii had spoiled
Some Of the condensing factories 10
Michigan make no rule whatever regard
Ing ensilsge.
Unfortunately the general public has
heard of these rules OF the condensiug
factories aud imagine that there must be
some very grave reason why eusilsge
milk will not be received. They imag-
Inc that II man feeds ensilage he Is in
some way taking advantage OF his
A large dealer of milk 10
heard that one OF the men send
ing milk TO him WAS feeding ensilage.
he WAS sure that he could
tell and taste and smell IL In the milk.
lie wrote TO the dairymsn TO stop feed
ing the stuff. DE did stop for week
and then resumed the feeding. A month
after he asked his Chicago buyer IL his
milk had improved since he stopped
feeding ensilsge. He received the reply
that it improved as soon as he stopped
feeding the stuff and had been first-clsss
ever since. The dairyman Is still feed
ing ensilage aud selling his first-clsss
milk In Chicago.-1hurston in Ohio
Farmer