Silos and ensilageThe preservation of fodder corn and other green fodder crops . eless I communicate a method ofpreservation of juicy fodder peculiarly important forcorn-producing America. ** The corn is sown broadcast, or drilled in rows nineto eighteen inches apart, two metzens to one Austrianjoch, or about hectolitre to one hectare. [Thisis nearly three and a half bushels to the acre.—Ed.]The cultivation remains the same ; the field must be keptfree from weeds. At blossom time the corn is mown,loaded into wagons, and hauled in. The home-brought 48 SILOS AlTD EKSILAGE. corn is put in lar
Silos and ensilageThe preservation of fodder corn and other green fodder crops . eless I communicate a method ofpreservation of juicy fodder peculiarly important forcorn-producing America. ** The corn is sown broadcast, or drilled in rows nineto eighteen inches apart, two metzens to one Austrianjoch, or about hectolitre to one hectare. [Thisis nearly three and a half bushels to the acre.—Ed.]The cultivation remains the same ; the field must be keptfree from weeds. At blossom time the corn is mown,loaded into wagons, and hauled in. The home-brought 48 SILOS AlTD EKSILAGE. corn is put in large ditches, German Griibe, Mietlie, tenor twenty rods long, and is here j)ressed in by a few menwalking on the green corn. The engraving, figure 14,will explain the whole. The ditch is twelve feet deep,twelve feet wide at the top, and six feet at the length will need to be sufficient to contain the fod-der to be preserved. The ditch must be dug in dryground. When the ditch is filled, the green corn is builtlike a stack upwards about ten feet over the level of the. Fig. 14.—SECTION OF HUNGAKIAN DITCH. ground, as shown in the engraving. The finished stackis then covered with earth about two feet thick on everyside. It is best to cover the top of the stack at first, be-cause the weight of the earth pressing down the greencorn, so much earth is not needed for covering as is thecase when the sides are covered at This sour-hay making enables us to store a largequantity of juicy fodder for the winter, and if wellcovered with earth it may be stored for a few years with-out any injury. The most important of all is, the beastsbeing once acquainted with this sour-hay, like it very EKSILAGE IN^ HUNGARY. 49 much. With us, in Hungary, the sour-hay is cut andmixed with com meal, or some other ground grain, andgiven to the cattle; but the sour-hay may be fed uncutalso. * In sections where stones and bricks are to be obtainedcheaply, the sides of the ditch may be walled,
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