Widnes Examiner. — 1884-05-24 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

VOELCIER, F.R.S., said the nutritive qualities Instant of the " haying " fermentation we none of us know; I to say green corn, as it may produce another American mis- as well as the composition of the silage depended very mach [bat I have an idea that the process is mainly " Saccharifica- I conception) are intended for the silo, care should be taken on the value of the stuff they put into the silo. It they put Icion." The product of alcohol and aldehyde is nil, and of 'to cut them while still sufficiently succulent in the 'mem,and in good stuff they got good results; if they put unripe, lintacid only '027 per cent, which is very small. e while the grain is quite milky. This caution is even more mature produce of low nutritive value they might cook it { TOMATOES A Cues rca APPLE Btionet-le 'merresPon- necessary in the case of tares, which seem genarally to have and ferment it and do with it as they liked, but they I dent of the Australasian writes :-Several -ankles have been allowed to get too ripe before being plat into the silo, would never get first-rate staff out of it. Ile proceeded: I appeared in your columns lately on the subiect of " apple- Of the crops which have been experimenterd with-so far as The great art in making silage is to press it as you blight." Within the last few yeaes I have witnessed a I have any personal knowledge of the facts-prickly comfreY make it, and the question is as to whether it wants 1 remedy which was tried accidentally, and which p:oved suo- 1 f appears to be the only one found absolutely unsuitable for cutting or not. I believe that fairly soft grass, or I 'mean], in the garden of a gentleman in Geelong. When ! ensilage; the preservation of cabbage in silos seems to me fairly pliable green produce does not need cutting. Pat ' tho garden in question was taken, two Pearmain apple trees i a waste of force in our climate, except under very peculiar your grass in whole, but take care to press it down r, erne completely white with blight. When digging up some , circumstances ; and green mane, although it makes and never let it lie about for any length of time. Put it in I tomato plants, after the tomatoes had been gathered, the . probably some of the best and most nutritious silage, and fresh, taking care to ram it down perfectly firm and build I mlanta were placed temporarily in the lowest fork of one 01 , almost the worst fodder when preserved dry, has but a it up in this way. Under these circumstances, you will \ these apple trees, which happened to be near, and before the . limited interest for the British farmer. The practice of readily understand that, with the exception, perhaps, of a next apple semen came round the blight had quite law' I ensilage may, in my judgment, have this great fact put to few inches at the top, the whole mass is solid and does not appeared fronamhis tree. The other trees were tried in the \ n to ‘ the its credit-that it enables us to preserve in a state ht for sale-that almost intractable product of the land which is admit air freely. What takes place in this case? Supsame way, murder to have it proved whether the tomato posing you have really good stuff to begin with, the sugar plants were or were not responsible for the cure, and termed sewage-grass; and it also enables one to tarn to simply breaks up, and carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, arrange 1 same effect was caused. I may add that although the trees • profitable use coarse and wiry grass growing under trees and themselves in a different manner, so as to farm lactic acid. I were so badly attacked by blight at first the apples were , in odd necks and corners, the hay from which would be Now lactic acid has the same percentage composition as ' always beartiful eating apples. 1 scarcely worth the cost of making. Two other results of sugar-that is to say, you have neither more nor less ear-1