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Report on the Practice of Ensilage, 
A sample of the silage sent to me in the middle of February 
retained its excellent quality unimpaired during the month 
which elapsed before the completion of this Report, although in 
the meantime it had been kept entirely in the box in which it 
arrived ; and j\Ir. Reid, the Farm-bailiff, informs me that the 
experiment has been a complete success. 
On November 13th, 1883, I saw the opening of jNIr. Robert 
Johnston's silos at Tyn-y-Park, Whitchurch, near Cardiff. 
These silos had been made by running a brick wall partition 
across a portion of a barn, and dividing the space into two 
equal compartments by another brick wall. The actual cost of 
this operation was 20/. 1^. 8d., but the following account given 
me by Mr. Johnston shows what the silos would have cost if 
they had been built entirely de novo: — 
Size inside, IT feet long 
„ „ 15 „ wide 
„ „ 17 „ high £ s. J. 
„ in 14 inches brickwork 
Bricks 23,000, at 30s. per ICOO 34 10 0 
Lime and sand 2 15 0 
2 doors and frames 1 15 0 
Bottom cemented 3 10 0 
Eoof 12 15 0 
Labour and building 11 17 0 
3825 cubic feet £()7 2 0 
To hold 70 tons. 
Mr. Johnston is a large provision merchant in Cardiff, and 
keeps as accurate accounts of his farming operations as of his 
business transactions. Therefore it may be of interest to 
compare the following accounts of the cost of haymaking in 
1881 and 1882, with the cost of making silage in 1883. 
Cost of Harvesting 12 Acres Grass. £ s. d. 
1881.- — Mowing 12 acres, at 5s. 8d. per acre .. .. 3 8 0 
Men and horses' time 16 00 
Food and beer for men 5 0 6 
Thatching 2 18 6 
Spars 0 6 0 
Total cost for 12 acres .. .. £27 13 0 
or per acre, 21. 6s. Id. 
£ s. d. 
1882, — Mowing 12 acres, at 5s. 8d. per acre . . . . 3 8 0 
Men and horses' lime 13 19 2 
Food and beer for men 415 0 
Thatching 2 14 0 
Spars 0 6 0 
Total cost for 12 acres .. .. £25 2 2 
or per acre, 2^ Is. lOd. 
