Outside Round Silo

A correspondent asked of Rural New Yorker : ' 'Is there any objection to building a silo on tho ontside of a bam? Will yon compare the condition of the ensilage in onteide silos with that of those built inside the barn?" Here is Professor Roberts' reply : "There are no objections to building silo on tho ontside of the barn. My sxperience teaches me that circular silos aro far superior to square ones. Therefore I would advise the building OÍ two circular ones on the outside of Ihe barn and then erectiug a cover over tbem ; or, in other words, I Nvould build n addition to the barn, say 14 or 15 feet wide and 30 to 33 feet long. It may be covered with inch barn boards battened. Placo the silosinéide of this. When the winters are very cold, it would bewell to fill the corners, dnring tho winter, with straw, whioh conld bf nsed for bedding late in the seaaon. "I am well satisfled that this system is to be preforred to the old one with square corners, whioh reqnire snch heavy timber and so much boarding that they soon rot out. and the silos are never quite as tight as they shonld bo. If it is po.=sible to arrange theso silos o that tho material ruay be drawn en the second floor of the baru preparatory to being cut and elevated into the silo, so much tho better. During the past year I havo seen several of these silos covered with straw thoroughly saturated with water, and tho material has como out in a very satisfactory condition. "Thero is no clangor of injuring the teeth or stomachs of cows by feeding them ensilage, even though it is quite acid. Forty pounds per cow per day are about the limit that can be fed. If the ensilago is not of tho best, it should be fed in tho even ing, af ter tho cows are milked. " The dotted line in the out showa whero tho old barn boarding niight be removed. The triangular spaoe betweon tho silos at tho front would be ampio room for temporarily storing material which was thrown out of tho silo or for any other siniilar purpose. When the Honey Flow Is OTer. A Michigan beekeeper, writing to Tho Ainerican Beo Journal, tells how, wheu the heavier part of the honey flow is over, he begins to crowd the bees down by removing all tho ñnished sections from cach of the two superi now on tho hives and putting all the nnfinished ones into one super, with a view of getting them flnished and avoid carrying over too many nnfinished sections. He prefers not to hive anyand begins each spring with new sections and new foundations. Ho flnds that the bees will draw new' foundation, ripen the honey and cap it sooner than they will theso old combs, and then its color and general appearance are mach superior to that stored in tho drawn combs. He writes : This crowding tho bees down also has a tendency to cause them to store abundanco in tho brood department of tho hive for their consumption during the coming winter and spring months or nntil honey comes in again. There aro a few beekeepers who extract all tho honey, theu feed sugar uirup for winter stores, but I cannot indorse this plan. If I flnd on preparing my colonies for winter, which I do rarely, they aro short of supplies, they are f ed cxtracted honey or given fnll frames of honey that havo been set aside for this purpose. Woolly Flavor Ia matton. To prevent woolly flavor in mnttou Homo and Fireside says: Tako the pelt off as rapidly as possiblo and do uot permit tho wool to touöh the fleeb. Hang up and remove all internal organs at ouce and spread the fianks. Wait nntil nearly cool bef oro washing down and out. To apply cold or hot water whers the carcasa is warm has a tendency to close the poros of the flesh, and animal heat cannot esqape readily, henee a "sbeepy" flavor to the mutton.