Ensilage Feeding.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 194, 12 March 1887, Page 1 (Supplement)

Ensilage Feeding.

A writer very tonsibly remarks that if any fanner, whether." in England, America, or elsewhere, feeds nothing tin I ensilage, ho will be disappointed.. Thcuo ij no more propriety in leering onßilugo c.vclusively in winter, than rU iv to. keep the stock on nothing bixfc green foil dor in saiutner. To properly u-:c au.cL-ajtt iv-cu-ii be as an article of pavih.'' iiu-J. It h\) nijhoc green, succulent food ex ■>■ Fcuson -of the year w hen the ioliage is dry, «nd noUiur eLo can bo had, and should form onl/,a part of the ration and not tho whuJo There has been too much evidence in il> fivour to suppuMj that its iu-o will c\cc bo -abandoned. On the contrary tho number of silos builb are increasing annually. How it can " wear out ' cows need explanation, and those who feed it to calves ought to know better. f For a lon^ time it pfood in condemnation under tl.e° charge that the condensing factories would not use it, but the manufactured v.e;e forced to acknowledge- that they Ij.-ii no grounds for their rejection of mUk .from ensilage fed cows, but sujjposed it would not he of a quality such as they preferred. As well may we claim turnips or other roots unsuitable, as they would not be what may be desired, if nothing else is allowed, yot a feed of roots daily is known to bo beneficial Ensilage is simply preserved green food, and may con&isC of anything that can be cut up and^ packed closely in a silo. If ill effects arise from iituiae, the result is duo to tho manner in •which it is cured or fed, and not from any Injury that may be effected by feeding ensilage with an accompaniment of other food. Fed in connection with hay and grain, and given in moderate quantities, -it not only promotes the flow of milk, but increases the appetite and adds largely to the comfort and thrift of tho animals.