106 H. K. STEVENS ON ENSILAGE. 



settled about three feet. When the silo was opened, the ensilage was in 

 a perfect state of preservation ; and his success in feeding cattle, and 

 the increased quantity of milk, is the same as others, and very pleasing 

 to the doctor. He will build more stables another year, keep more 

 cattle, and make more room for ensilage. As the doctor says, "Ensi- 

 lage with me is a success in every particular. The more I feed, the 

 more I am pleased. It is only a question of a little time about farmers 

 all building silos. They must do so, or starve. I am feeding a hun- 

 dred cows two feeds a day, with the best results." 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 



TH:O:M:.A_S, 



OF VERMONT, 



Says he raised several acres of corn the past season, and built a silo 

 of stone, forty feet in length, fifteen feet wide, and the same in 

 height. The walls were heavy, and laid in cement : the bottom and 

 sides were plastered with cement also. He commenced in September 

 to cut up the fodder with a Baldwin No. 18 fodder-cutter, which 

 makes it very fine, driven with horse-power. Thinks he could cut, 

 and put in the silo, cheaper than to bind in the field, and, when dry, 

 draw to the barn. This fodder kept finely, and was liked by all his 

 stock, including the pigs. He is sanguine he can raise corn and beef 

 cheaper than it can be produced at the West, and brought here ; 

 thinks two tons of the ensilage will be worth one of hay ; is satisfied 

 that this preserved fodder will keep the year around ; would raise 

 two crops on the land if possible, one of winter rye, and one of 

 corn, and ensilage both ; believes, if well kept, as good milk will 

 be obtained in winter as in summer, if some grain is fed in connec- 

 tion. He prefers cotton-seed meal for this purpose. Such a silo as 

 he built would not cost two hundred dollars. Feeds about fifty 

 pounds of this to a cow, a day. 



