FEEDING WITH SILAGE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2049, 25 August 1885, Page 4

FEEDING WITH SILAGE.

One of the most important papers ia the Highland and Agiicultuial Society's "Transactions" is that of feeding with silage, wntten by Mr Mackenzie, of Portmoie. He details an experiment in cattle feeding with totally different results from those brought out at Woburn. Twelve selected cattle were divided into two lotn of six each. To one lot was given a daily ration of 301b of turnip and 141b oat stiaw per head. To the other lot was given a daily ration of 2811) silage, made partly from ryegrass and clover, and partly from the product of a lea Held h.uned. An allowance of mixed linseed and cotton cake, at the rate of 4\\b per liead per diem was al&o given to both lots. The experiment extended from February 14th to June 17th, in which time the sthge fed animals showed a total gain of lewt lqr 16 Vlbs per head, while the turnip and straw-fed beasts had only increased in the average of lewt 2oUb per head in the same time. On the 14th of February the silage animals were on the average Sib heav ier than those on turnip ; on the 14th of Apnl this dilfeienej had increased to 4911* ; but, when turned out to glass on May l"2th, the turnip animals had recorded 111b of the dinViinue, and five weeks latei, on ITtli June, they had recoveied 1 lib more, When killed (in August) those winch had been wintered on silnge were on the a Mirage 2st 111b heavier in carcase thin thoie which had been w intered on turnip*, and dressed 71 S4 per cent, at their weight at the commencement of the exponment against o"7-'~4 p^r cent, of the turnip lot Tlip latter fact, if substantiated in future experiments, must be leckoncd of considerable value The daily gain appears to have been very ii regular in the difFtient months— from lesd than 111) to o\er 21b per head per day —and for the whole perio I, e\cn in the case of the silage fed boasts, it only averages something like l|lb per head per day. It must be recollected, how i 1 Mr, that the imi'iials were not highly fed. Mr Mackenzie's report goes on to state that during the pait wmtjr ensilage has been tried on its own meiits in conjunction with cake for fattening sheep. A flock of 110 threeyeai old black-faced withers was placed in a field which had been hained and cut for sillage in f-cptcmbcr, They received a daily ration of cake (linseed and cotton mixed), at no tune exceeding ljlb, and silage at the rate of 10lb each pei diem was gh en them, in racks m.ule of wire sheep netting. Aftti they began to get fat tins was i educed to 811)3. They throve veiy well upon this food, and to all appearance did as well, lelatively, as a lotliei flock of black faced wctlieis. which weie fed on cakes and turnip. The mode of feuling the ensilage, howevoi, ga\e rise to considerable waste ; so much so that Mr M.icKen/ic cxpre-sesan opinion tint a saving of "2ll)i pei diem might have been eflected by feeding in boxrs. j

Tiik London Zoological Gardens during the last twelve months attracteil l-iTy, 4OO visitors. The number of animals in the collection is 2,301, of which 731 are mammals, 142) buds, and 317 reptile 3 "Poor fellow," he died in poverty," said a man of a person lately deceased- " That isn't anything," exclaimed a Beedy bystander. " Dying iv poverty is no hardship. It's living jn poverty that puts the thumbscrew on a fellow. Fufnohmax (to Kentucky citizen)— Ven /c invite to take ze di ink usky, \.it you in Anglais? Kentucky citiAMi- Don't cue if 1 d<>. l'Viiclinian — Dmicir hdo, muV Hut yen you refu-o /c invite, /en \,it you t.iy in Au^l.ii- ? Kentucky -Well — cr — T gues-, you\e got mo now, Frenchy.— N.Y. Sun. Tuk mind ot the Japanese proletaire has been much tioubled in recent years w it.li regard to the coinage of this countiy ; not that he ever has much of the currency in question ; but the Japanese prolctaire has no pockets, and he finds it awkward to cany in his hands «uch runs as he contnves to possess. In niKieiit tinier his uili'is «ii( most considerate. They [umrhwl .iqit.uc holes in the euitie of the com-. ; tluotigli w Irdi he p issed astniii:, vii! wj, thus .ilile to cat i > about hi> a\,iil.iblf r.ipittl tied lound ln.s neck >\ to his waistband, which in those «I.ijs was liis sole gumuit 'J'hu roini weie not large in amount ; it took a thousmd of them to m.ike ,t few slii'lmg", while a cut was lectured to convey a smvcii iitn's woith. I3j.twith civilisation cime an impioxd coinage, larger m value, and with no hol"8, and the poeketlesa pioletaiie naturally uiumbled that civilisation tieated him luidly in this respect. Paper currency for small amounts partially satisfied him for a time, but at last his ciied have been liennl, and the Japanese Government has piomised to issue a new coin cpecially foi his behoof. Its value is rather less than one filth of a half-penny stalling, and it is to po-sevs the indispi usable hole, by w Inch he can string it as a ( hild stiings be.idi, and he is probably content. What European Government would not be giateful tor an equally simple method ot tatisf) ing its pioletanat ? A vi- ky mm pie leinedy is claimed to have lilcii diseov eied by the Fieneh faculty for cioup and other diphtheiitic complaints. It consists in lighting, at the foot of the bed occupied by the child who has been sci/ed with the malady, a morcel of tar sUeped in the essence of tuipentime, plating it fiist m an eaithein \csm'l l&olated fiom the floor. By keepini; the loom well dosed, it is pieseutly filled with a \apoui, which the little patient generally inhales with pleasure. Very soon after the fumes have entered the lcspnatory organs of the child, the false membranes detach themselves nnd aie reidily expectorated, and the feeling of suffocation is exchanged for a sense of lehef. If new membranes attach themselves the process has to be repeated, and it is recommended that the tin oat should be afterwauls moistened with a sponge dipped in water tinctured with the chlorate of potass. The remedy has been tried in several of the hospitals of Paris with a generally favourable result. That "we have the money too," and that Russia has not the money was one of the grounds of the light heart with which the swashbuckler of the music halls, and the journalists that instruct them, says the "Tall Mall Budget," weie eager to have a Russian war. The campaign was to be closed with the bankruptcy of Russia. But the question of " the money" caused as much anxiety to the Minister of Finance in Russia as it caused joy to the warlike plumeis of the 1 Daily Telegraph,' A letter from St Petersburg in the ' Schlesische Zeitung' states that when Giers and Bunge, the Finance Minister, had an audience of the Czar at Gatschina, and the C/ar talked of issuing an appeal to the Russian people, the lattei felt it his duty to caution Ins Impel ul master as to the condition of the Russian finances. The Emperor at once arose fiom his seat, and said with great solemnity, " If the war should break out, I he»-eby promise that I will sacrifice to it the entire pioporty of the House of Romanoff (one hundred and eighty million roubles) ; and I am certain that my people will not allow my example to stand alonr.'" The w liter adds that the gieat landowneis, the rich mercantile woild, and the wealthy monaitenea were fully piepaird to make equally gnat sacrifices fot theii father1 md. In 1878, when there was expectation of war with England and Austiia, the Moscow merchants and cleigy alone aeieed tosnenfico the immense sum of f>oo millions. Yea !It is certainly true. Ask any of your friends who li.uc purchased there. Garlick an^Cranwcllh.ivc ntimerom unatked for and very favourable commendations from country customers their excellent jMtkim; ol Furniture, Crockery, and Glai"', &c. Ladies any jcntlrmrn about to furnish should remember that Garhck and Cranwrll'i is tub Cheap Furnishing Warehouse of AurklanJ. Furnituie to suit all clasps ; also Carpets, Floor Cloths and .ill House Ncrcsiries If your new house is nearly (unshod, or, you are troin^ to net married, visit Garlitk and Cranwrl), Queen -stwet and Lome-street, Aurkland Intending purchasers can have a ratalogu ? iod free.