82 PRACTICAL NOTES ON GRASSES AND GRASS GROWING. 
give them, “they ask for more.” If ensilage is mixed with 
long hay, the store cattle will spoil half the hay in trying to 
extract the ensilage from it. We use ensilage with success 
with all our cattle, cutting it into chaff and mixing with hay. 
When ensilage is plentiful we give the horses a little, but when 
scarce it all goes to the in-milk cows and to the ewes. We 
find it better for in-milk animals than for others; and when 
we are short, the cow-keeper often has his difference (or 
as they say in these parts, “exchanges a few words”) 
with the shepherd, when it comes to the division of the 
provender. 
Ensilage is good for milch cows, but it must be given in 
such a manner that the milk does not absorb its aroma. All 
ensilage feeding must be conducted with care and prudence. 
With strong pastures and plenty of sun we make all the hay 
we can; but when we find our pastures are weak, and we 
experience wet summers, then we obtain most benefit from 
our silos. During 1894 we were compelled to make so much 
ensilage that we had quite sufficient to carry us through 1895, 
when, fortunately, the season favoured our haysel. 
Turning our attention to silos, we have noted how thousands 
of pounds have been spent experimenting upon them and 
upon the manufacture of ensilage, and that thousands of lines 
have been written upon the results obtained. That these 
experiments have not been crowned with success is generally 
known, to which the many abandoned and disused buildings 
unfortunately testify. 
In face of this it may be thought presumptuous, or even 
rash, on our part to approach such a subject; but it was wisely 
laid down by the ancients, “ Listen to every man, there may 
be something to be learnt; if you only listen no. harm can 
come.” We place before the reader the conclusions we have 
arrived at from practical experience of many years of study 
and of observation ; we do not ask him to take our advice, but 
