The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-04-20

present:
Mr.. Laban Sparks said: my experience
with ensiage is very satisfactory. The great
advantage is we can grow and store more pro-
yender and better feed than in any other
way. have had silo that holds ITO tons
and would like to have another one. There
IS NO disadvantage in using it, although have
heard it said that the fermentation gives
trouble. The soiling of the corn crop is the
| cheapest way to handle it. would like to
have enough to feed ensilage through the year.
1t is succulent food and keeps calves and
COWS in good condition, and better flow of
milk follows. Horses get one feed day of
ensilage and they look well. feed the cattle
twice day with it and give some hay and
fodder to them. l give bran and chop feed
! 6to7 pounds per day-to each COW. have
straw for bedding and one man looks after the
cows-20 in number. The slo was filled from
5acres and it took two days and 10 to IL men
to fill it."
Mr.. Granville Matthews said: 81 have no
experience with ensilage, but believe it good
and most economical feed"
MI. George E. Shelley said: ut is the best
method for saving the corn crop and more of
the corn than any other crop per acre can be
stored. We not only get more, but the feed is
better. More stock can be kept and their
health improved, besides more milk is gotten.
l average 20 COWS during the year and they
give me two gallons per day per COW. Owing
TO the quantity of corn that can be grown it is
the most economical feed. l am giving six to
eight pounds of grain besides the ensilage and
provender.''
Mr.. U. q. Tarbert said: "The corn plant
suits our climate and soil and produces such
large quantity it is one of the cheapest feeds
we have, especially when made into ensilage.
It costs no more to put it in the silo than it
does to gather the corn crop the usual way.
Ensilageis always ready and in good condition.
1t stimulates the COW and prepares her to take
in other foods. 1t is one of the most valuable
and succulent feeds.'
Mr. D. s. Pearce said: ST agree with Mr..
Tafbeft and it is my practical experience that
can keep more stock with the use of ensllage.
have 200 acres and 100 head of stock, which
allows Racres for each head. Without ensil-
age I could not do it. am feeding stock with
out hay, IS do not need it, hence sell it. The
ensilage isso succulent that it approaches sum
mer feed II helps cattle to digest and relish
the feed. Ensilage is something you can de-
pend on and Is always ready. The advantages
are evidentand seldom hear of any one who
has had silo speak against it. feed some
long dry fodder to cows and horses. The corn
crop is of such value it should be carefully
grown. When cut off for ensilage it is out OF
the way for the early seeding of grain. filled
two silos-making about go tons of ensilage-
from IL acres and costing less than SlOO per
ton, not counting home labor, to put it away.
find the extra labor prefers the work of cut
ting the corn for ensilage than harvesting OF
the crop. On SLIDING the corn IL to 10 extra
men are needed"
Mr.. Milton Smith said: II have been feed
ing ensilage for five years and find no dis
advantage in using it. I do not want to farm
or do dairying without it. 1t is the cheapest
feed we have. Igive corn fodder to stock at
noon and at other times give ensilage. Cows
are fed on it for six months, and one cow will
eat 81 tons of it in that time. Did not have
ensilage l would have to buy hay. Since
had the silo have bought but little. do not
feed much grain with ensilage. Those who
feed cows ensilage feed them at much less ex-
pense. l carry on dairying, feeding IL to 10
cows. 1t is foolish, as one said, to separate the
corn by taking the corn off, sending it to the
mill, cut the fodder and then bring it back TO
the COW, when the ensilage plan keeps it all
together with much less expense. find the
cost per ton. outside of my own labor, to be
5Oe cents; Ensilage is good for young stock
and for beef.''
Mr.. T. V. Richardson said II agree with
what Mr.. Pearce and Mr.. Tarbert have said
about the great advantage of SLIDING the corn
crop and the value OF ensilage. 1t is not de
batable question because experience proves the
economical feature and the great benefit we
derive from it."
Mr.. ]. s. Crowther said: eff / found it
would be more profitable to feed ensilage than
the way l am doing would try it. In my To-
cality could not get the extra help that it re-
quires to silo a corn crop. l get along the
best can with little help but use ell the
labor. / cut off about all of my corn with the
harvester and the little that l did cut off by
hand discouraged me so much that will not
cut any more that way. l had 20acres of corn
that / cut, husked and shredded the fodder,
besides with blower lodged it out of the way
and paid only SO IL for extra labor. l and my
man looked after the milking, besides helping
in the corn. produced 210 barrels and sold
10 barrels of it. I grind my own corn and
buy some Quaker feed and rye bran, costing
one cent pound. I give lbs. of corn chop
and 6 lbs. of a mixture with the shredded
fodder, and am getting an average of milk per
COW a day of 81 gallons. l think am getting
allthe feed value from the corn crop. l feed
"a bead Of cows, horses and 100 chickens.
have fed alfalfa also fodder, but find no diff
ference in results. All ofmy COWS were fresh
since November, majority of them during
January"
Mr.. Lewis NJ. Bacon said: 81 think ensi-
age is most valuable By what other plan
can we get fifteen tons of succulent feed? A
certain amount of provender or ropghage is
needed am feeding some dry fodder.
have put cowpeas with the ensilage. They
contain more protein. At no time do give
more than six pounds of grain. There is too
much acidty in ensilage to give it to horses.
The fodder and corn are more ripened now
when cut for the best ensilage,"
Meeting of the School Board-Superln-
tendent Cooks Review of School Work.
The School Board held meeting at Towson
on Tuesday, with the president, Mr.. Thomas
B. Todd, in the chair, and Mr. Albert s. Cook,
secretary. After deciding upon the appropria,,
tons for running expenses, new buildings and
additions during the coming year, the Board
| visited the County Commissioners and pre-
| sented its claims to them.
superintendent Cook. who acted as spokesman
| for the Board, said 1.-THE intelligent progress
| of our county is shown in nothing more clearly
| than in the ever-increasing demand tor greater
efficiency in the public school system, and we
| feel that in making this application for larger
| appropriation for the work we are asking only
the means to carry out the wishes OF the tax
payers. That distinct Improvement has been
| effected seems to be generally recognized and
| appreciated, and great credit is due the super
| intendents and the many faithful teachers,
hearty be en mas 1nI
| ever, is handicapped by the lack OF room and
| working facilities.
SThe report of this Board, dated July 31st, 1905,
| shows that we received from the State school
| tax $s6,O39.39. We were assured by the State
| officials that this amount would be slightly in
creased the following year. and on that we based
| the estimate given you for the needs of the
| schools in 1905. Instead of an increase, we re-
ceved in all from the State scaool tax as shown
"The annual report for Baltimore county July
pnps sI for the year with the total number
"The annual report for July SIst. 1905, 10 years
L
| 1902 with the total number of teachers, 415.
This shows increase of 4, l73 pupils in the past
10 years, an increase of All pupils year. neces-
| stating on an average annually II additional
| teachers and II additional claesrooms, an in
| crease of 33h per cent. in 10 years.
| 1.-THE State appropriates $4,000 annually for
/ manual training and industrial work in our
| schools, out of which the salaries of two spe-
! cially qualified teachers and one supervisor are
paid as well as the cost of part of the necessary
| supplies and equipment. This work has been
| extended to the primary grades of nearly all
| schools of the county having three or more
| teachers, and some material is furnished to the
smaller schools.
| ssIt is most desirable that this work be extend
| ed to the higher or grammar grades, and we,
| therefore, most earnestly recommend an appro-
| priation from the county equal to that received
from the State-that is, $3.000-tO be used, as is
| the State fund, in the discretion of the School
Board for the salaries of assistant manual train
ing and correlated work in the grammar grades
| of our schools, and for necessary materials ana
equipment for this work. This may seem COM
| paratively small matter, but the fact Is we have
| no emergency fund and each year brings necee-
sary expenditures that we cannot foresee, and
it is absolutely necessary that this additional ap-
preparation of 5000 be given If the work men
toned is to be extended.
ITO provide additional classrooms, and at the
same time to keep the older buildings in repair,
has for years overtaxed the building fund, ne
| cessitating an economy that has prevented the
proper equipment of a single school; For In