Silage!

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 45, 22 May 1931, Page 9

Silage!

M® W. J. McCULLOCH’S talk on) ensilage to "the man on the land" X was enjoyable. ,.Unlike some of his de- . partmental confreres, this speaker possesses a good radio voice, and if he could overcome his tendency to gabble sentences more rapidly than can be absorbed by his hearers, would improve in effectiveness. Perhaps I am a trifle pedantic, but expressions such ag "ensilage can be double useful" rather jarred. Maybe they are due to nervousness, .The subject matter was good, and the points well and clearly made. Without attempting a history of ensilage, he pointed out that it had been made successfully in New Zealand for several decades, although its present popularity is of recent growth, coincident with the remarkable increase in top-dressing contributing so wonderfully to our output of produce in recent years. The angle impressed upon farm listeners was the simplicity of en-"Gilage-making, together: with its advanages as a saver during a bad season. Ensilage is as important to the farmer as reserves are to the business man, and the extent to which ensilage-making has now become popular is in itself a measure of the improvement effected in farming practice in recent years. Both sheep and dairy farmers profit by ensilage. This address was of. outstanding value, and should contribute to farming. recovery from current depression.