Corta Fortions OI Stacks or Masses of Ensilage Exposed to the Weather.
Year: 1884

page_text: 5 Corta Outside Fortions OI Stacks or Masses of
Ensilage Exposed to the Weather.
I, JAMES HUNT, of Brentry Farm, Westbury-on-Trym, in the County of
Gloucester, Farmer, do hereby declare the nature of said invention, for "PROTECTING
CERTAIN OUTSIDE PORTIONS OF STACKS OR MASSES OF ENSILAGE EXPOSED TO THE
WEATHER," to be as follows:-
This invention, which relates to the preservation of ensilage stacked in the open
air, is designed to obviate injury to or destruction of those parts of the stacks
which are directly exposed to the influence of the air and the weather, namely, the
external portions or sides, ends, top and bottom.
It consists in the application of chloride of sodium or common salt to the purpose
stated.
The salt is sprinkled upon the fodder while the stack is in course of erection,
and the depth to which the distribution of the salt is extended inwards from the
exterior varies as may be desired.
The salt prevents the ensilage thus treated from becoming mouldy and from
decomposition or decay. Under the action of rain a proportion of the salt affected
thereby is dissolved and, permeating the treated fodder, assists in the more complete
preservation thereof.
With the salt may be mixed a proportion of barley or other meal which when
damp or wet forms a paste whereby the fodder becomes consolidated to resist the
influence of the air and the weather.
In addition to protecting the fodder, as above described, the salt and meal tend
to constitute with the ensilage improved food for cattle.
The stacks or masses of ensilage may be compressed by any method whereby
the main body thereof is preserved.
Dated this 27th day of December 7801

page_text: Protecting Certain Outside Portions of Stacks or Masses of
Ensilage Exposed to the Weather.
I, JAMES HUNT, of Brentry Farm, Westbury-on-Trym, in the County of
Gloucester, Farmer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "PROTECTING
CERTAIN OUTSIDE PORTIONS OF STACKS OR MASSES OF ENSILAGE EXPOSED TO THE
WEATHER," and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My said invention, which relates to the preservation of green fodder known as
ensilage stacked and compressed in the open air, or on sites more or less exposed
to the air is designed to obviate injury to or destruction of those parts of the
stacks which are more directly exposed to the influence of the air and the weather,
namely, the external portions or sides, the ends and the top. The bottom may
also be protected.
According to my said invention chloride of sodium or common salt is applied to
the exposed portions of a stack of ensilage for the purpose stated.
The salt is scattered upon the fodder while the stack is in course of erection
the depth to which the distribution extends inwards from the exterior being varied
as may be desirable,
The salt prevents the formation of mould among the fodder and arrests decom-
position or decay. Rain or damp causes a proportion of the salt to dissolve and
permeate the treated fodder the preservation of which is thereby assisted.
With the salt may be mixed a proportion of barley or other meal. The meal
which I prefer to use is a meal known as "fenny creek," which is the ground seed
of a leguminous plant and which, as is well-known, is used in the composition of
certain food for cattle. The fodder is thereby improved in flavour and in nutritive
qualities.
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To the salt and meal may be added sugar and for this purpose I prefer to use
what is known as raw sugar. The sugar assists in the preservation of the fodder
which is thereby also sweetened. I have found the following proportions of the
above mentioned ingredients to give satisfactory results but they may be varied.
In one ton of the composition-common salt 17 cwt, "fenny-creek" cwt, and
raw sugar 2 cwt.
By the application of the composition the "outsides" of stacks of green fodder
or ensilage which have hitherto been rendered unfit for food by the effects of
exposure to air and the weather are protected and made available for use.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
Protecting the "outsides " of stacks or masses of green fodder known as ensilage
stacked in the open air or on sites more or less exposed to the air by the application
thereto substantially in the manner described above of common salt or a mixture
of salt and meal with or without the addition of sugar.
Dated this 7th day of August 1885,
W. LLOYD WISE,
per F. J. Brougham,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.