2o6 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Q 



-They acted as those something was lacking 



A: — Yes; they were not content. 



Q: — I think I have some ensilage left over from summer and shall go 

 home and feed it. 



A: — You are in luck. If we didn't have a rough piece of land I 

 would not have pasture; it is the dearest! kind of land. 



Q 



— How do you protect your ensilage when you don't use it 



A: — Just let it alone. 



Q: — Never carried any over? 



A: — Never that fortunate yet. 



Q:— I asked because some claim it ought to be covered; although I 

 never covered it? 



A: — We may have to skim off Home that is partially spoiled ensil- 

 age: maybe five or six inches. 



Q:— I there any objection to putting it six or eight feet under the 

 ground? 



A: — Nothing but lifting it out. 



Q: — It is hanuier to some barns? 



A: — If not able to build above the ground, I would go below. 



Q: — Did you notice any odor or taste in the milk in any way or in 

 the butter or cream from the ensilage? 



A: — I probably have had good experience to answer that; I fur- 

 nished milk to the hospitals at C hattanooga during the war- and that 

 milk was inspected three times a day and those cows were fed ensilage 

 all that time, and they sent an inspector to find out how we got such ex- 

 cellent milk. At Springfield my butter from three farms scored 94 x /2 

 or 95 I think. Over in Missouri 94, and it was all made from ensilage 

 fed cows. 



Q: — Ever put any clover into a silo? 



A: — I never have; have seen it done. Clover is too valuable out- 

 side. 



Q: — As to regarding putting silos under the ground, isn't it cheaper 

 to carry the ensilage into the silo with a carrier than shovel it out of a 



