70 H. R. STEVENS ON ENSILAGE. 



QUES. What is the effect of ensilage, compared with hay, upon 

 the milk and butter ? 



ANS. The result has been an increase in the quantity of milk, 

 without any deterioration in the quality or flavor of the milk or butter 

 produced. 



QUES. When you first began to feed your stock with ensilage, 

 did your cattle like it ? Did they eat it as though they were hungry 

 for it? 



ANS. All kinds of stock eat it with relish and without waste. 



QUES. - What quantity of ensilage do 3*011 consider will keep a 

 cow six months, or through the season for feeding? 



ANS. This experiment proves that an acre of corn ensilage is 

 capable of keeping two cows a 3*ear ; while the average quant^y of 

 land required to keep a cow in the usual way is six acres of mowing 

 and pasturage, as by agricultural reports ; and, besides, it is not half 

 the labor to feed the stock in the barn. 



QUES. What is the general appearance of cattle fed on ensilage? 



ANS. The condition of my cows is much better than when fed on 

 hay, being in a thrifty state, and with the addition of cotton-seed or 

 oil-cake will take on fat readily. 



Yours truty, 



F. E. LOUD. 



It appears by Mr. Loud's experiments in feeding, ensilage shows 

 a saving of fifty-four per cent, compared with the cost of ha}', with a 

 greater flow of milk, and other advantages, in favor of ensilage. 



