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 THE SILO IN AUSTRALIA. 



The following- information is obtained from an article by Mr. 

 T. Cherry, in the April number of the Journal of Agriculture of 

 Victoria. It is reprinted here in view of the great interest that 

 is now being taken in Hawaii in the conservation of farm food- 

 stuffs as a protection against drought: 



The use of the silo is gradually coming into favor all over the 

 State, and at Nhill several have been built and filled this season, 

 principally with oats, barley, or native grass. The object is to 

 provide succulent food for lambing ewes, just when all the grass 

 is dry. Mr. Dahlenberg has opened and fed a good part of the 

 contents of his silo to cows, and is highly pleased with the results, 



CONSTRICTING AN ENSILAGE STACK. 



SO much so that he has decided to build several more. Mr. 

 Edwards showed me some of his silage, which, though rather 

 dark in color, is very sweet and good. Owing to a good rainfall 

 he will not require to use it this season. An impression is preva- 

 lent that if silage is not used the season it is made it will be no 

 good, but this is a mistake. Provided the air is kept awav, it will 

 keep good for practically any length of time. Mr. Bond, an older 

 settler in the Xhill district, has been iiandling silage for ten or 

 eleven years, and "vrhen he has not required all the silag:e in a 

 pit or silo he has filled up again, and that w^hich was left over was 

 quite good when he came to use it another year. Mr. Robinson, 

 of Warracknabeal. told me he has proved the same thing. He 

 won a gold medal, given by ^Messrs. Cuming, Smith and Company, 

 for the best silage. The silage was not required for feeding at 



