EXTRACTS FROM PRY'S SWEET ENSILAGE.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7756, 9 January 1891, Page 2

EXTRACTS FROM PRY'S SWEET ENSILAGE.

To produce an equally good result in a stack alio the weighting should be tat greater than in a well constructed silo— say three times as much. ' The sides of the stack should be quite vertical, and not overhang, aa with naystacks. ■ ■.... ,

Tbe proper state of maturity in all eases is soon after the plant has bloomed. The only practical test of moisture is that a wisp of the fodder crop should be twisted in the hand; If moisture can be wrung out of it, even though the amount be very small, the fodder is too wet. In my opinion tbe best ensilage is that obtained from plants which have been eu| soon after efflorescence, and have been exposed,. after cutting, in the silo to Just sufficient air to perfect ripening. Such ensilage has a distinctly fruity odour, re< minding one of dried fruit.

To Prevent Mildew.

During the filling of a silo, as soon as the temperature ot 122deg. Fan. approaches within three feet of the surface, fresh fodder should be added so aa to prevent the access of air to the cells which have beeu killed by the heat. f'uring the filling of the silo It ie not difficult to prevent the occurrence of mildew by taking care to add fresh fodder, or by covering up, before a temperature exceeding 122deg. F_h. has approached too near to the surface of the fodder; and by keeping the fodder well and evenly trodden near tbe walls of the silo. Mildew Forming Apteb thb Silo has bkbn Opened. The spores of mildew are more plentiful in the atmostphere in the autumn of the year. The opening of tUlos before frost has set in should be avoided as much aa possible. The difference in the amount of mildew which shows itself in a silo opened in September tour March) and one which Is opened in December (our June), after a few cold frosts have diminished the number of spores floating in the atmosphere is very striking. The drier the fodder put in the greater the compression should be. The Filling of 1 tbb Silo. Theobjects to beobtainedinfllllugthesilo are, first, to obtain in every part of the silo a temperature exceeding l_2deg. Fah.; and second, to prevent the access of air to the ensilage after that heat has been attained. The fodder first put in should contain less moisture than the remainder, and a longer time for heating .should be allowed before the addition of fresh fodder entirely Erevents the access of air to the lowest tyer. With bulky crops the filling may pro- j eeed much more rapidly than with meadow grass. As soon as the fodder In the silo has J

washed » depth of fkn two or three days from the X n 8b \ Of fiUlng, be at W l2Cg?Pah < * lWßtthls temperature •taouldeiJ**! I Should the temperature noTh either the fodder T* too ? e f, o^ be fl 'f ; \ consequent compression la -J rapidly. e u »ng Qft -g 5 There b no fear whatever that h. I perature should rise too h£h T* H ' cause spontaneous combustion *» U 1 . Ibiamyoplnioathatiftheplint.. , , have reached the proper atacre o' «f ! 6 % 1 then the resulting eweet or sour,may 6e S cows; but if young, i herbage be ensiled, the reaultln* t will b? of a quality unsufS °of fi3 I duction of good dairy products. ' X* f