Ensilage

the name given to a method of preserving green fodder in an air-and-water-tight pit, or other receptacle, called a silo, and also to the fodder thus preserved. The system was invented by Auguste Goffart, of France, and introduced into the United States by Francis Morris, of Baltimore. An “Ensilage Congre ” was held in New York, Jan. 25-26, 1882, and the subject has since —— received much attention from farmers. The most approved mode of procedure js as follows: Any green crop may be treated, but must be sown so as to be in blo om before frost. The silo is a pit or cellar of any convenient size, with solid walls and floor of stone or cement. The fodder is reaped, subjected to the action of a eutter while green, and dumped into the silo. <A little salt, in the proportion of a bushel to every 10 or 15 tons, will render it even more palatable to the cattle. A heavy covering board must be placed over all when the silo is full, well weighted with a pre ure of 150 pounds to the square foot. For this purpose rocks, sandbags, or grain-bags may be used. When opened, which should not be earlier than November or December, eattle will eat the ensilage with avidity. It should be cut with a hayknife, entrance being had by means of a door in the end of the silo.