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regarding the superiority 

 of ensilage in com- 

 parison with other kinds 

 of feed, the material still 

 advances in the estimation 

 of those who have made it 

 carefully. The advantages 

 of the system are beyond 

 a doubt, for any available 

 fodder stuff can be stored 

 away in any weather, and 

 at the least cost for making 

 feed ; and that coarse, woody 



To See the Silo Opened. 



matter is made more 

 digestible is reason- 

 able. The quantities 

 of corn and sorghum 

 ensilage given to cows 

 in milk may range 

 between 30 and 601b. 

 daily. When given 

 with 4 to 71b. of 

 scalded maize meal, 

 pollard, or bran, or 

 better still, a mixture 

 of all, milking cows have done extra well upon such feed. 



For Moving Ensilage Stuff, Hay, &c. The 

 accompanying sketches, represent a simple contrivance 

 for moving green corn, &c. It consists of a pole ten or 

 twelve feet long, tapering to a point at one end. Near 

 the large end is a f -inch hole, to which a clevis is attached. 

 A stout rope, 15 to 18 feet long, is fastened by one end 

 to a whiffletree, and at the other end is a ring four inches 

 in diameter. When in use, the pole is thrust through the 

 shock or cock to be removed, or the load may be built 

 upon the pole, the rope is run through the clevis, 

 and over the top of the pile of stuff, the ring being slipped 

 over the small end of the pole. Then a horse is attached to 

 the whiffletree and started. The draught tightens the rope, 



Haiidj Feed Arraugemeut. 



