Miscellaneous.
There is now little doabt as to the value of ensilage as a food for cattle, for there is abundant testimony from various parts of the country, where the experiment has been tried of building silos, that beasts thrive upon the comtjressed fodder that has been stored therein. For instance, its value as & fatting food for cattle has been demonstrated upon Mr. Stobart's estate at Northallerton, by a carefully conducted trial. Twelve beasts were divided into two lots of si* each. All were alike given the same quantity of meal and oake. Besides this, one lot received daily, each beast, twenty-four and a half pounds of hay and ninety-live pounds of turnips ; the other lot receiving in lieu of hay and turnips each seventy-five pounds of ensilage. At the beginning of the experiment the animals were weighed separately. At the end of one month they were again weighed. All of course Bhowed a great advance ; but those fed on ensilage totalled up to a figure which was forty-nine pounds oetter than the total exhibitedjjby those 'fed in the* more orthodox style.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1899, 6 September 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)
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182Miscellaneous. Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1899, 6 September 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)
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