ENSILAGE FOR SHEEP

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 85, 4 January 1919, Page 10

ENSILAGE FOR SHEEP

fe ; *: r''. : ..HOW'TO MAKE IT. .■-.';" * &*"-■■;' I'ln.regard to feeding ensilage .to sheep '■': . a southern agriculturist -. remarks 'that ■ [.'.'■'..'■. some-years ago he fed ensilajfe c.; "■.-,. .frith tiist-jate effects in the*early spring ;■■'*.".''--of"*.the fear— just when the swedes had f. about run out. It was ensilage'inade by .the pit srstem, and comprised oats ami !'. grasses, etc. The use* of .ensilage is. , r": strongly recommended by some American, j-..-. , -'-:; "European, and Australian authorities as f *'■! :part of the feed for breeding stock of all ;;":,■ ■*iinds; but it must.bs properly made. .'The f:... New South Wales Government Agros- • fi:i ;tologist says in this :—"ln j. : j; waking'oiisiloge the principal features to [■:'■: : ":i'.pe guarded- against are as. follow:—In ■ ' ..'grain or cereal crops the plant Shoiild not '.;;'',. bo ensiled before they are' mature. In i' , *;the.case of our:westcrn herbage, such a3 i\■''■■'.. ..trefoil,■ thistles, etc., the plants should S:..': '•Bβ at least flowering before they are en-. ',; ; eiledv As little air.as possible should be \ I-:- allowed., to "enter the silage i-dry plants,:' ■\ / ".B'uchas'manj':*of our' western grasses in '..-: 'seeding stage; are Susceptible : to', the. : v '■' entranco''.<)f*alr;in;.the :6ilage'vuhless water.' i p■■ ••, iis'.added'.iu the paeJcing. Sufficient water , .■should be added to umke'it.iirm enough. !'.'■:•'; td"iJpack"-'u'ntler!one's,';foot■ :• •Mouldiness i'.-.--. '.* wjjl result 'if''mucli'air -is allowed "to en-'* [.. ter; As regards the .value ot our grasses i;V :. and -'hbrbage* -for ;silage,'.'Mr.'*vl > otts;'', of '/.: Hawkesbiny .Agricultural;. College;! reports' !;■' rth'rt. three; tonsvof grass ensilage', is worth '.: .•■. a'Vton ofvOaten'hay, ten . r,-.'. years gocd(. ; ?f'Mr;-,Featjier- '' iv ? ;Btonhaukhv reports that ' i .-."•' '■■ of-%riegaf«l thistles'^fitll-■very Sjit-. }v .■ ■' .:* Plantapsuqlijias .'cjbw-' i:V,-. ; fqjt, bu'i-r, anclS *" f : ■: e ras9,'Syariegat?(r-th'isjfclesS-andVsjich "sue- '■ !..', 'Cullent native grasses 'as'* Queensland, blue :;■,: grogs, "Danthonio. : grasses.;,and kungaruo ■'*• ■■'■.. frass should make ? fifst-clas3. .ensilnge."