The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-07-25
WALDO couarY CROP REPORTS.
[ From the Board Of Agriculture Bulletin

From the Board Of Agriculture Bulletin.
| BELFAST. Corn seems to come as
near to perfect crop for making ensi-
lage as we now have. 1t should be as
we'll matured as possible before put
ting into the silo, as the better it is
the better the feed will be. 1t never
| seemed to me that the farmers who
used large amount of ensilage made
from the large and late varieties of
corn were getting ahead any faster
than the farmers who depended on the
hay crop, as it took too much grain to
make up the deficit in the immature
corn. Our field corn, well grown and
we'll cared for, makes good ensilage, and
1t seems to make no difference whether
the sllo is filled quickly or not. 1t is a
well settled fact that ensilage is con-
venlent form of stock fOdder.-Enoch
C. Dow.
THORNDIKE. | think the Sanford
corn is the best crop we can have for
the silo. l would let it stand as long
as possible without being in danger of
frost. | prefer to cut it into the silo,
ears and all. think it saves cost to fill
as fast as possible, and put more men
into the silo to tramp it down. | let
mine stand two or three days and settle,
then cover with a fine litter and wet it
down on top. 1t keeps excellently, and
there is very little waste. have fed it
twice day to neat stock from Novem-
Der to April, for two years, with excel
lent results.-E. G.. Lander
MORRILL,. Several new silos will be
built here this year and filled with yell
low corn, ears and all, after having
come to proper maturity. The ensilage
will be cut, and the silo filled as quickly
as possible. Our people seem to have
great faith in the value of ensilage made
out OF good material. That faith, how
ever, is based on the reports of others
rather than On their own experience.
Dalrylng as a branch of farm husbandry
is having quite boom here, and quite
naturally the dairyman look for help
such as a well filled silo gives.-D. O.
Bowen.
MONTvILLE. l think the best crop
to grow ensilage is our common yellow,
or King Philip, corn. Some prefer the
latter variety on account of its having
more foliage. 1t should not be harvest
ed until the kernels have begun to
'speck'' but before the leaves begin to
rlpen. More corn can be put into a silO
II cut, and it is more convenient to feed.
| do not favor picking the ears off, as it
is difficult to dry the corn when it is
harvested SO green. My experience in
feeding ensilage is very satisfactory. l
do not believe that farmers can afford
to do without silos, for the reason that
so much fodder can be grown on an
acre at so small cost; and again, in a
dry year when the hay crop is cut off
by drought, corn generally does fairly
well, as it stands drought better than
any other crop. l know of farmers
without silos who have had to sell off
their stock in the past two years, while
those who had them did not have to cut
down their stock nearly as much.-J. c..
| Carey.
UNITY. l have just completed a
round silo, and in my opinion that is
the best kind. l shall read with interest
the remarks on silos and ensilage in the
July bulletin.-Geo. w. Varney.
| BELMONT. The silO is in one sense
the farmers bank, for upon it the farm
er is dependent for feed to take the
place of hay, and it is much better.
Quite number in this section are put
ting in silos. | think they are what the
farmer needs to make dairying profit
abel. F. Allenwood.