VALUE OF ENSILAGE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17146, 31 December 1929, Page 10

VALUE OF ENSILAGE

EASY TO HARVEST In an interview in Whakatane, Mr. S. Lye, who has been visiting the dis- ; trict' conducting a campaign against j the resale of culled cows, remarked; that he considered there was a won-! derful future before the area. A tour round the district showed that the laud was not being used at anywhere near full capacity yet. Referring' to the wonderful growth of grass over the Rangi'laiki. Plains, Mr. Lye spoke of the value of ensilage. He .had made ensilage in the Waikato for 20 years.'and had found it most excellent fodder for winter. In this district, there was a colossal waste of srass. This waste could be prevented by turning the grass into ensilage. There was no difficulty in making ensilage. He believed in the round stack, 'which obviated difficult ends and corners, and he treated the making of ensilage as part of the ordinary routine. There was no necessity to test for heat, and he had never had a failure with his ensilage. His boy of 16 had built the stack this year. ' Travelling from Port Albert ot the Bay of. Plenty he found that most farmer's had a stack or two of ensilage, but he did not find so many stacks in the, Whakatane district. The making of ensilage was practically general in the AVaikato, and was superseding hay and root crops.