38 SILOS, ENSILAGE AND SILAGE. 



tributed as follows : Maine 4, New Hampshire 2, Ver- 

 mont 11, Massachusetts 28, Khode Island 1, Connecticut 

 5, New York 21, New Jersey 5, Maryland 2, Virginia 2, 

 Kentucky 1, Tennessee 1, North Carolina 1, Wisconsin 

 3, Iowa 1, Nebraska 1, Canada 2, but even at that 

 time there were undoubtedly many silos in the country 

 that were not included in this enumeration. The capac- 

 ity of the silos reported vary from about 8 to 500 tons 

 each. 



Unfortunately, some of the first champions of the 

 new system of ensilage made such extravagant claims, 

 for advertising purposes, in regard to its advantages, 

 ignoring the established principles of farm economy, 

 and urging the ensilage of green fodder as the only thing 

 needed to establish a golden age of agriculture, that 

 practical farmers were not disposed to adopt it, as they 

 could not readily perceive the substratum of truth under- 

 lying the many assertions that were obviously fallacious. 

 As the real facts came to be better known the ensilage 

 of fodder-corn was rapidly extended, and there are now 

 few localities in which the silo is not a familiar append- 

 age of the farm that must soon find it3 proper place in 

 a consistent system of farm management. 



As an adjunct or supplement to the ordinary methods 

 of practice, the ensilage of green fodder for winter feed- 

 ing, or to augment the scanty supply of feed during a 

 prevailing drought, will undoubtedly be fully appre- 

 ciated by intelligent farmers who wish to take advantage 

 of every available resource of production, but it cannot 

 be safely recommended as the only element required to 

 insure success in the complex business of farming. 



