787 
Live Stock Matters. 
A SWEET SILO. 
A bad smelling' silo was not uncommon 
among those built and filled 10 or 13 
years ago. It was the bad odor of much 
of the ensilage made, that deterred many 
farmers from building silos. The butter 
made from such cow feed was of poor 
quality, and was sold at a low price. 
The buyers said that they could detect 
the smell of the ensilage in the butter. 
There must be some mistake about the 
quality of butter made while feeding the 
ensilage mentioned on page 739. Good 
ensilage does not have an offensive 
odor, and will not scent the clothing of 
the man who feeds it. If the silo is of 
faulty construction so that the juice of 
the corn leaks away, or the air is not ex¬ 
cluded properly, sour, i*ank-smelling en¬ 
silage may be expected. 
A year ago last August, my son built a 
round silo of 150 tons capacity, at a cost 
of $150. It was thoroughly built, with 
a stone foundation and dishing cement 
floor. The walls were double boarded 
horizontally inside, with tarred paper 
between the boards, and outside, diagon¬ 
ally also with paper between the boards. 
It was thoroughly painted inside with 
hot tar and resin. It was filled last year 
with well-eared corn past the roasting 
stage. The corn was cut in one-quarter 
inch lengths and was covered with five 
inches of sawdust. No weight was ap¬ 
plied. There was very little loss by 
rotting on top, and none at the sides. 
There was no offensive odor to the ensil¬ 
age, and the butter made was of excel¬ 
lent quality. It was not salted, but was 
sold fresh in New York at satisfactory 
prices, and more of the same quality was 
called for. 
This year, corn was raised on 12 acres 
of well-manured land. Well-eared corn 
of good growth from nine acres was put 
into the silo. That grown on three 
acres was fed directly from the field 
during the fall months. For late fall 
use, it was placed in large cocks as de¬ 
scribed in The R. N—Y. several years 
ago. Notwithstanding very wet weather, 
it kept in perfect condition until all was 
fed. The ensilage this year is of excel¬ 
lent quality, and the commis.sion-mer- 
chant writes that the butter is fine. The 
silo is a perfect success. A good crop of 
corn can be made very useful for the 
dairy, especially in a season of long con¬ 
tinued drought like the one of this year. 
Lewis County, N. Y. c. s. rice. 
R. N.-Y.—The butter mentioned by Mr. 
Rice easily commands the highest market 
price. 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
Twin Calves. —Will twin calves breed? 
Whitehall, Wis. c. 
R. N.-Y.—The current belief is that 
twin heifers, or a heifer born with a bull, 
will not breed. The latter is called a 
‘ freemartin.” We do not believe that 
this rule holds good in all cases. 
Mixino Feed. —Does it make any dif¬ 
ference in feeding cows and horses, 
whether they eat their grain or hay first? 
Monaca, Pa. f. s. 
R. N.-Y.—We would prefer to feed the 
hay first. We think in this way the grain 
would be kept longer in the stomach, and 
better digested. We would much prefer 
to chop the hay and feed it mixed with 
the grain. 
Buckwheat and Oats. —How does 
buckwheat compare with oats and corn 
as a feed for horses, cows and hogs ? Is 
it a fat or a muscle forming grain ? 
Gilberts Mills, N. Y. m. w. 
R. N.-Y.—The two whole grains com¬ 
pare about as follows: 
Muscle- Fat- Pure 
makers, formers, fat. 
Buck-w'heat. 8.46 46.11 3.94 
Oats. 7.70 49.21 1.84 
The “ nutritive ratio ” is not so very dif¬ 
ferent, though the buckwheat is rather 
more fattening than the oats for cow 
feed. For feeding horses, of course the 
oats are better, not so much because of 
their chemical composition, as because 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
lin a substanee called “avenin 
^ as a stimulant to increase the I 3? llirnoTm o iiiitiiiiiii 
they contain a substanee called “avenin 
which acts as a stimulant to increase the ? WEBSTER & HANNUM'S 
“ spirit ” of a horse. X ^ 
Chickens AS Insecticides.—P rof. J. B. i I T i 
Smith of New Jersey, has this to say ^ VJ-J. 
about means of fighting insects in the ^ f f" * f y** iff 
sweet potato fields of southern New (f* wCy / / tZ. tX Jj 
Jersey. The most satisfactory method ^ the only one in the world that ^ 
of dealing with these creatures, up to does its work perfectly. j 
the present time, is to let chickens run all competitive tests it -5 
in the fleWs many of the growers, * « 
nowadays, set their chicken coops in the X t-. ^ ic 
fields, and keep anywhere from 13 to 20 jl very poultryman knows that J* 
chickens picking up their living among y green bones are superior to dry 
the sweet potatoes. The practice is said (f* bones for egg food. 
to be effective, and that is all that can ? If you want your hens to lay 
hensked Few of the farmers raise their ^ buy a Webster & Hannum Green ^ 
own chickens ; but just when they need (l- t, ^ , -llJ 
them they buy them in the Philadelphia f Cutter and Diploma f 
market and keep them running in the green cut at World’s Fair. ^ 
sweet potato fields until the insects have 'J: bones. - - 
been cleared up; then they either fatten .TO t 1 "f* 
and kill them for their own use or ship (£ . aiogue 
them to market again. ? free. 
Best Butter Cows.—Which are the I 
WEBSTER /yamSL 
most profitable butter-making cows—the ^ & HANNUM M 
Guernseys, .lerseys or Alderneys ? Can aibanySt ' 
The R. N.-Y. name some of the parties Cazenovia/n. Y. 
who keep the different breeds ? Where 
are cows registered? Where can that ~ 
Erwinna, ”■ S' Wake Hens Lay 
R at V T„ 1 it A 1 T „ ILo Feed green bone the best egg producer, and 
. N.-Y.—.lerseys and “Alderneys” save grain and money. 
are practically the same. As between Mann’S BonO Cutter 
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vimauH in both races that possess high 
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and not the breed that you must look to. __ ^ u*un onur u 
The Guernseys are .somewhat larger than BONEj SHELL AND 
the Jerseys, quieter in disposition and, ^^CORN MILLS*’®'‘P®“h*’ymen. 
as a rule, better milkers. The highest Circular and testimonials Free, 
records have been made by Jerseys, but WUaSON buos., i&astoii, Pa. 
taking the average of both breeds, good ----- 
and bad, we think the Guernseys will 
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II. Caldwell, Peterboro, N. H., is .secre- — 
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