832 THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



former may be enumerated the increased value of food pre- 

 pared in this way; the good effect on the health of the ani- 

 mal if it is properly prepared the ensilage being a substitute 

 for roots ; the fact that a crop of corn may be grown after clover 

 or barley, and saved in this way late in the season when it 

 would be difficult to cure it at all; and the economy in storage 

 room. The disadvantages are the increased labor and extra 

 expense of handling so great a weight of food, both in putting 

 it in and taking it from the silo ; the expense of making a 

 silo; the disagreeable work of feeding ensilage in cold, freezing 

 weather. 



Further experiments will be necessary to settle the question 

 as to whether it will be profitable to adopt the system or not, 

 and in the mean time nothing will be gained by extravagant 

 claims in its favor, or by denouncing it as a humbug. Several 

 cases have come to my notice where the milk of cows fed on 

 ensilage has been rejected at condensing factories or creameries, 

 as it was found to contain acids which prevented its making a 

 good article of condensed milk or butter. 



