| Show OSILAGU TUB economical feeding of milch cowsjaa rte of Jncrraflns portance this Territory espedallr In towns and the following article is reproduced here for this reason I first apjwared in Jloardi Dairy man lublkhed at Fort Atkinson WIcon under the head How to ilako Good Ensilage The most important point to ob ecrve jn taking cuulage to Lara the corn at the rr slate of maturity ma-turity After repeated tests I am satisfied satis-fied that tbo best eage i Jasi as the cam comes in good condition to boll I for table u > We formerly cut much younger than this and recently have coincide but the nearer I can b cut to this stage the better at all th parts stalk blade and car are hen nt their best development Another pint to observe I to avoid the practice c tramping fly next the walls Fill the silo slowly not becau fast filling will not give good ensilage but because slow fig gives tbe en wla e a chance to beat thoroughly and settle uniformly without tramping In cutting do not allow tbe ensilage to pile up in the middle of the alto and throw all the cut cars off to tbe side bnt keep spread out level a fast u cut When the crop i in pat about two feet of straw all over tho top and do notJ > i > ther about any other cover The steam fiom the mass of ensilage will noon dampen the straw and the mycelium of mould will soon run all through 1 and seal it together Into an air tlsht cover lbt Cnr ar Dont pay any attention to the various I va-rious chcmes of those who talk about storing corn ensilage uncut Even J I would keep as well we can readily I imagine the Jh of celling out of the silo those long stalks and the waste InC I In-C ln Tho loss on such a practice Trill pay for an ensilage cutter even in a moderate sized 10 Uont dig a pit in the ground omako a silo You can build one on top of the ground for bt oult ct to dithe hole and It would make better ensilage than tho nndcrgronnd pit A silo nude by setting good oak poole I tile ground and sheathIng inside m Ith ono and a h finc suff nailed horizontally and au Inch flunk nailed vertically inW of this and coated with ln tbl Ind rte boiled tar will last as long as ono regularly framed on a sill and I beliotelobpor and will n coat as much No floor I 0 bateter i needed bat tho ground outside should be graded t present any water getting under the sIo The roof should project two ortltrco feet all arrtmd 5 a t throw tho drip well off and to prevent the ram beating beat-ing in a tho gables which liad a well bo left nninclosed Ensilage would have ben much more widely used before this but for the general impression that deep and costly cemented pits were necessary and an immense amount of labor needed t siow the crop cover and have tons of rock for weighting Tbo cheapening of the process winch has been accomplished accom-plished of late years is leading to a general adoption of the cheapest best winter food for stock over discovered dis-covered W F MAOST Euibge properly made and fe I a wholesome an J imtritiousifood for coa8and the condition in which al is i fed t them is well ada > ted t increase and maintain the flow of mik Farmers who fell either but JLTor milk would do well to try this systtm feeding |
