ECONOMY IN ENSILAGE.
One must not }*«.*(, tin; idea that cowb can not lio made (,n produce efficiently without, ennil::;'.'. 'There arc other fecdg Unit are j',ood milk producers, but, umiur.-'t innahly, ensilage is the most economical and efficient feed for roujjhafv that tb«.) fanner can jjrow. ll is a product, so easily handled, so nutrition;--, ai-.d mceulenl, and produced at tio low a cost, that the dairyman, even with a patch," farm no bi:;j*er than live , r ton acres, Will find it, to In:-' advantage lo put at lea:;t half of it iulo mai; e, v, iih which to fill a (?jlo. Moaa-r,.!,,■■,■ ih:: i a few acres well tilled :n e h ;|< r than many acres poorly (iUrd. - yield of twenty tons or more of emulate in the acre is possible where p:-ojioi- ! ilia.n', fertilisation, seed and care an n: < ii. Figuring conservatively, ■.■-■uppoao you ten tons to the arc. a v< ry common yield. Thid, on five acres, would (ill a fi::ty-ton silo and feed (en cows [or nearly 365 days (3()lbs ensilage per day). A little hay and grain would need to be fed in addition. Jersey Bulletin.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 592, 9 August 1913, Page 6
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191ECONOMY IN ENSILAGE. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 592, 9 August 1913, Page 6
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