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THE. GOLDSBORO. MESSENGER, MONDAY, JULY 19, 1886. DIRECTIONS HOW TO MAKE ENSILAGE. The Southern Fertilizing Company, in order to throw all the light possible on the subject of ensilage for the bene fit of our farmers made enquiry of Mr. C. W. Garrett, of Halifax, county, N. .CM a large stock raiser, and he sent them the following directions, which will be of great value to those who contemplate trying the experi ment. We believe it will be ofvast .ben3fit.to.oar.seetion.iry-'.i ,, Enfield. Halifax Co,, NIC, ? ' December 3, 1885. J My Dear Sib : I am just InTeceipt of ypnr f a vot;"6r the 27th ultimo," in quiring about my. experience with en silage. : I gladiycomply,,, with, .your request. . - - -r; . ? "; "": " , - , . I have been putting ap ensilage and feeding it ; for over five years, and my experience causes me to value it more and more highly as' I learn how id take care of it more cheaply; When I built my first silos, m the summer of 1880, the - idea was that duly those , built of cement or brick, in the ground, would answer the purpose, and costing at least $5 per ton to build. Now they are built oh top of the ground, entirely of wood and earth, and at a cost of from 75 cents to $1 per ton. These keep the ensilage as well as those con structed of cement or brick, are much more convenient, and involves less labor to feed from. I haves two wood silos, built in 1881, above ground, and holding 180 tons, both costing not more than $125, the repairs since not exceeding $25, which are now in good order and full of ensilage, and have been filled every year since they were built. The contents, without excep tion, have been fed in good condition. The silos I built in 1880 (of cement be low the ground,) held 125 tons, and cost me about $3 per ton. These also have been filled every year " since, (sometimes twice a year,) and the en silage was not any better preserved than in those built of wood, bince I began to make ensilage, in the fall of 1880, I have fed my horses, mules and cows almost exclusively on it, and have yet to see any bad results from it; on the contrary, I have been able to keep them in much better condition than before I commenced its use. In ' the year 1879, I had nine mules and horses and about as many cattle, and besides the long forage I could con veniently make on my farm, I paid out over $700 for hay bought by the car-load in Richmond. I am now feeding fifteen head of horses and mules and ' thirty cattle, and pay out nothing for hay, and my farm is no larger now than it was then. The , extra manure I now produce pays me fully, I am persuaded, for the cost of the ensilage. I use corn and cow-pea vines exclusively for ensilage the former, as I use it, is cheaper- the lat ter makes the best ensilage. For the past three years I have been using corn constantly for this purpose, after it was sufficiently matured to sustain no injury, when the blades were ripe enough for fodder. I pull the corn, then cut the stalks down to the ground (blades on) haul and cut them in three-quarter-inch lengths, and pack in the silo; then weight it as usual. This makes a very desirable tood; the stock all like it, and 1 have never seen any bad effects from it. During the three years named I have put up 100 tons per year from this source. My, experience is that land producing five barrels of corn to the acre will make five tons of ensilage, or a ton to the barrel. 1 regard the en silage as more valuable than the corn, and the cost of putting it into the silo is less than seventy-five cents per ton. I grow no corn exclusively tor ensilage; most ot it made in the United States is from corn grown ex pressly for the purpose. 1 1 am of opin ion that at the time I cut it, it is as valuable for ensilage as at; any period of its growth hence a great saving in making both a crop of corn and en silage. I see that others are adopting this plan to advantage. My great plant for ensilage is the ordinary field or cow pea. Of this I put up about 200 tons yearly, and it is greatly preferred by my stock to that made of corn. This pea crop I grow chiefly after wheat and oats. I break the land as soon as the wheat is taken off, then plant in drills three feet apart, eight or twelve peas m a hill, using the Eureka corn planter, drop ping every twenty-one inches; side them up once or twice if need be and grass is troublesome; plant from 25th of , June to the 10th of July, whilh gives ample time for the maturity of the plant for ensilage, producing from five to ten tons per acre, at a cost not exceeding $1.50 per ton, and worth 25 per cent, more in feed value than corn at any stage of its growth. With this plant properly utilized with the system of ensilage, the south can feed and raise sheep, catties, mules and horses as cheaply as any portion of the United States, except the very far west. This fact will be demonstrated some day. I give to my mules and cows about fifty pounds of ensilage each, per day. I nave often seen published a statement that corn stalks or any other suitable material made good ensilage without chopping up fine with cutter. For fear of loss I have been afraid to try it. A neighbor who built a silo three years ago had his silo machinery and cutter burnt up last winter. The silo was rebuilt last summer and filled with corn stalks and pea-vines uncut. This ensilage is as good as any I have ever seen sweeter than mine, that was cut fine, and is a little more trouble to take from the silo than that cut fine. I shall put up a large portion of mine' next year without cutting. This fact renders it possible for every farmer who makes a one-horse crop to put up ensilage, as the ' great bar to their doing so was the outlay of money for cutter, machinery, &c. This may all be obviated now. The only outlay re quired is the building of a silo, at a cost of not over $1 per ton, and which' any one can do of ordinary mechanical capacity, without the helps of a skilled mechanic. Knowincr its crreat v&lnp. I earnestly hope the southern people will adopt this system. ' It is an out rage, that having such advantages we should be so dependent; r " ' That your friends may not go wrong in the construction J of the above ground silo, I will give here a descrip tion of it in detail : These silos were built in 1881. and have been filled four . times, the ensilage being always well foundation sills, 'forty-three feet long, fourteen feet wide and eight inches deep." Iujo these put the sills of .white? oak, all heart, ten inches square, fram ing a siU.ol the; same across the mid dle. This makes the foundation for two silos, - inside-measure twenty feet wide. I put studs of ..heart-oak into these sills sixteen feet long, two by. six inches, two feet apart, intending the silos to be ten feet deep; then with one inch plank ; boarded up each side the studs ten feet high; fill the spaces be tween the studs ; and; inner and outer wall I of plank.; with 7: sand (sawdust answers as well) thus making an air tight 1 wall, which is all that is neces sary,' , however it inay.be done. , The six feet of studding above the ."rails, or body of the silo is' necessary for the purpose of filling, tramping, weight ing, eic. , i nave one aoor 10 eacn siio. at throutef WdrmadyTiaving the two middle studs three feet apart; to these hang two doors eighteen, inches wide by five feet- longvr to- the inner edge of studs, doors to open outward. Then close the doors and: nail on board to outer edfcre of studs, and fill between doors and boards with each and yon have the sanie Wall as 'the other part of the silo. When - yon - wish to open the i doors xio : off i the btiards in front; when j the , .earth rifalle .and; ?thef doors open outward .exposing jLhe ensilage. Of course' ! the 'studs are framed into plates above, which should be done in a substantial manner, as the pressure from weighting the silo is quite heavy, My roofs extend three feet beyond the sides and ends, to prevent rain from being blown m on the.ensilege. 'After filling the silo I first cover the ensilage with inch plank, laying them down lengthwise; then cover with earth eighteen inches deep,' and you may rest assured that your ensilage is safe. I prefer common earth for weighting, for two resons, first, it is more easily handled; and second, it excludes the air better than anything else; When feeding the ensilage first take out in front of the doors from bottom to top, about two feet; then on each side un til the entire end is taken out; then put in good substantial props to hold the planks and keep the weights from bending them down, which repeat, propping every three feet, as the en silage is taken out, until the whole is exhausted. Care should be taken that this propping be well done, otherwise the planks above may give away, and endanger the safety of the feeders. It has been well said that "our peo ple must learn to grow everything for man and beast before they can claim to be self-sustaining ;" and more, they must learn to make it without running into debt. JNo general prosperity can prevail until we can make what we consume before we consume it. Easy credit will destroy any people; it de moralizes the thrifty and makes pau pers of the unthrifty. Very truiy, yours, C. W. Garrett. To Mr. John Ott, Se$.t &c.t Richmond , Va. CLIPPING COUPONS. What Clerk Er.raed by. C Week' Vorki c n ponds : A Worth 1 r? . i : Albert Gregory clerk in the 050,0 ; 0,000- is a $50 a month President's office of the New York Central Railroad.- He will berrin to eniov a&rief vacation , on Moridav. which he has earned -by a novel week's work. This, was clipping the duty coupons from the $50,000,000 of United'States-b6fidwned"t)ythe Vanderbttt . famij ys-e; got through with the job yesterday, and will rusti cate at Babylon f Long -1 slan&r to try to rid himself oft the week's "glamour of wealth in which be has been living. He related his experience to a jSfcar. reporter yesterday : "homebody has to clip the coupons every year, and every year it 3 a different person. JN o one has ever .been known to be twice ap pointed to the duty, and no one has the slightest premonition that he is to be selected. - Report for duty to Pres ident Depew,' was the order I received on Tuesday morning last, r Mr. Depew sent me to President Thomas Li. James of the . Lincoln Nationar Bank, who was in charge of the matter. He took me into a small apartment in the Van- derbilt vault, in Forty-second street. and there was Mr Cornelius Yander- bUt. He unlocked his personal safe. pulled out a million dollars in bonds, and, pointing to a long, keen, bright pair of shears, told me to go to work. He and Mr. James went out and locked me up with that fortune in bonds and the shears." The solitary clerk dipped, and clip ped, and clipped all through the swel tering heat of Tuesday, and continued his monotonous work with the shears daily until yesterday, when he had gone through the mass of bonds be longing to the different millionaire members of the family. He finished at noon, and carried a note from Mr. James to Mr. Depew, saying he had done his work well and faithfully. "Take a week's vacation," said Mr. Denew. "I think von've earned it. and here's something to help you en joy yourself." It was a $50 bill that was slipped into the lucky clerk s hands. THE RAPIDS OF NIAGARA. A Philadelphia Cooper's Dan gerous hut Successful Experiment. C. D. Graham, the Philadelphia cooper, noated successiully through THE ELECTRIC LIGHTS. Wilmington Review. The first week of the contract made with the city by the Wilmington Elec tric Lighting Company is closed. The light seems to give general satisfac tion. It is a clear, stead v. rjowerfnl .... . . t . -' . light and is, we understand, much bet ter than that used m Richmond or Nor folk. There is even a gleam of light from the lamps m the woods around the city and we have been told that the reflection can be seen at the Sound, eight miles distant. There are not enough lights, it is true, to "go round" but the system is to be improved by removing the lamps irom the corners i i ii - . i i (BdMLUD SIB(D)IB(IDo-M- -(Do- r iviomson - - I,'-, onna s New1 Tariff -2rif k. r ib&&mz& wmrm trt CONSEQUENCE Bill A Puts LUMBER on the Free List ! TUMBLE M :1N 'PMCES ! ' To meet this Iniquitous attack on a great Southern Industry we have perfected our arrangements to Reduce Prices, as follows : DRESSED CEILING, $7.00 PER THOUSAND AND UP, AS TO QUALITY. DRESSED FLOORING, S7.50 PER THOUSAND AND UP, AS TO QUALITY. DRESSED WEATHERBOARDS S7.00 PER THOUSAND AND UP, AS TO QUALITY. FRAMING LUMBER $6.50 PER THOUSAND AND UP, AS TO QUALITY. PICKET FENCING COMPLETE, READY TO PUT UP, $1.25 PER PANEL, 8 FEET. Sash, Doors, Blinds, Brackets, Stair Work, Newels, Balusters, Scroll Work, Mantels, Fancy . Store Fittings, Counters, Shelving, in Pine, Cherry, Ash, Walnut, or Poplar. MOULDINGS at prices SO LOW as to Astonish the TRADE. Rough aru Dressed Flooring, Ceiling, Weatherboarding, and other Lumber. Estimates made; Contracts taken for 11 classes of Wood Building Material. Special Discount to Contractors and the Wholesale Trade. the rapids of Niagara, below the falls, a.nd ?lacLg e?! in middle of the m a cask of his own devising. An ac count says: A small boat towed the lank out into the river to a point where the cur rent would catch it, and then Graham was started on what might have turned A J 1 1 ' . .. oui to do nis inp to eternity. Tne towing process took only a few min utes, and then the stream caught the cask and started on towards the rapids ana tne whirlpool; ; At first it moved slowly along, then faster and faster, until I the mad current dashed it on with its full forcej The cask bounded up and down over the great waves, and several times turned a complete somersault, but, generally speaking, tne wiuer oruon remained uppermost, although it twisted around like a ton. The cask kept pretty well in the centre of the river until it reached the whirl pool, when it struck a strong side cur- A. J 1 rem anu was carried swittiy tnrougn, reaching the waters bevond in saftv. From here the journey was compara- -J LAX V b It was in endeavoring to swim these rapids tnat Uapt. Webb, the English swimmer, lost nis lite two years ago HIGH street. The lights are at the intersec tions or alternate streets and the mis tane nas neretoiore Deen m tne cor ner lights. These have been raised on poles 30 to 35 feet high but the company is now changing this and having them swung in the middle of the street. As it is, a gentleman tells us that he can stand at the intersec tion now, where the lights are not placed, and read a book and tell the timeof night by his watch, from the corners beyond him. The alteration of the corner lights is just as was re 5 t 1 rt commended Dy us in our nrst com ments on the system and we think that the diffusion of the light will be great ly increased tnereby. The contract with the city is erov ernedby the moon table, but we notic ed last night that we had moonlight and electric iignt at tne same time. The station where the dynamos and engines are located is considered one of the best equipped in the country, xnere are two isai automatic engines and boilers for regular use. besides an engine and boiler m reserve to be call ed upon m case of accident to others. The dynamous and lamps are of the ceie orated lnomson-nouston system, wnicn are said to be best in use for re liability and steadiness of light. TPl TXT: 1 a. T71 1 i t - i .. xuo uuimgtou jiaectnc Juignting PROHIBITION AND LICENSE. LTroy (N. Y.) Times.! For thirty-five years, with only a Company is composed of a number of brief interval of license under strmg- ou leading citizens and Mr. E. P. ent regulations, the State of Maine -Dauey me general manager has been has had upon its statute book a pro- Hnder tne instructions of Mr: McNett, hibitorv lia nor law. "Rtif t)i fnf ;a the general asrent. and Mr. F. A. notorious that intoxicants are widelv I roos &Q expert, ever since March owm, ku mai me individual wno de-1 ' u "uw F01ACU11j iaimuar wiin sires a stimulant experiences verv lit- tne system. tie difficulty in procuring it. The j. ivmuLiiuu candidate lor lovernnr tr T TTnT.n rxr T Ttnw this year is renorted as liATin ;n his speech acceptine the nomination . Jonn K.e.Uv thought Samuel J. Til "It is hierh time ! something shnnM lv a?n l9 old and frail. to run a second m this State to out down th done liquor traflic." And this after thirty nve years of legal prohibition ! In the larger towns of Maine dram-shops are uuujorous, ami even in small country villages the thirsty meet , with no trouble in satisfying their .amWitA . i . " r r w wnen tnev are known to hA tme. wortny. delegates to the Prohibition Convention complained bitterlv that At.- 1 N , " me mw is not obeyed, and local of nciais seem indisposed to enfnwA it. In one town of onlv. 5000 inhjLhitxnte a delegate said, there are no less than forty saloons. And a similar condition of affairs prevails in other Prohibition states., ine law is disregarded be cause public sentiment in its behalf is not sufficiently strong to exercise a prevailing moral sentiment in its favor. And such must be thA wherever laws ! are made the exnAi. ncy of which is denied or doubted by oujr wuaiuBniwe proportion OI lDOSe who are intended to be .ffoit tnereby. . - , . now mucn . i better won id it Vw if time for President. John Kelly is dead. Zachariah Chandler f ouerht to keen Tilden out of the Presidency. Chan dler is dead. Grant was president when Tilden claimed to be his successor. Grant is dead. Hancock was nominat ed as a more likely candidate to' live through the Presidency than Tildnn. Hancock is dead. Hendricks seemed to nave a long life ahead of him as compared with the man at the head of "tne old ticket." Hendricks is dead. oeymour. AlcClellan. all the oldnandi dates, are dead: meanwhile, Tilden largely directs the Democratic policy from Grevstone. and pmnmnHa tKa Viking as she steams gaily oTer the ocean wave. 1867. 1886. MESSENGER Steam Power Book & Job Printing House, GOLDSBORO, N. C. We will print, in the best style at the lowest prices, Books, Pamphlets, Crcuars, Bill Heads, Monthly State ments, Cards Handbills, Bills of Fare, Checks, Drafts, Notes, Posters, Dodgers, Tags, Wedding Cards, E n v elopes, Ball Programmes, Etc, PRINTING IN COLORS, IN THE MOST TASTY MANNER. Orders solicited of Merchants, Farmers, Lawyers, Sheriff, Constables, Clerks, Railroad Officers, Hotel Keepers, Steam boat Agents, Township officers. 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