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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1915)
HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION Experiences Putting Up Silage WI3 Iiavo JiiBt about completed putting up our sllngo and with nil tho machinery It linn been u pretty big Job. Tho greatest difficulty I linvo found Is In obtaining labor In filling. Whllo wo exchange help, still wo niUBt biro hoiiio men und It gonorally comes In a very busy Ben sou. I havo had somo difficulty In n small nmount ot allago Hpolllng. At tho door I used tar paper lust year, which was not quite satisfactory. I inn trying to ovcrcomu the troublo this year by UBlng a prepared roof ing. Tho most amusing part was tho knockers when I first talked of putting up a silo. Ono well-to-do farmer snld to mo: "If I wero yon, Fred, I would not build a bIIo. as sllngo will sour tho Intnl." Another nolghbor thought It would wear, out tho land. Still ho would cut up his foddor and feed It out In tho corral, and of courso ho could not haul out the manuro with long stalks In It. Still others snld that tho ncld In tho nllugo would decay tho cowh' teeth. 1 havo not examined my cowb' teeth, but still thoy scam to cat as well ub over. Maybo hero Is r now flold for n dentist. I fill my 80-ton Bllo from 7 acres of pretty good corn nH such u crop Is considered hero In Colorado. Convenience of I 'cod lug. This amount of sllngo Is, ot courno, only n patching as compared with tho 20,000 tons tho Windsor farm used to put up, but It Is enough for my purposes for It feeds from 1C to 20 head during a period of six months nnd It is very palatablo feed at that. Tho convenience of feeding Is worth all that tho silo cost In tho first place. I do nil my feeding with out leaving tho stablo, nnd then sllago Is much easier handled thnn ovon liny, let nlono foddor, which must bo fed outside. Just Inst wcolc I wns talking with a neighbor nnd ho wns complnlnlng about tho ter rors of tho snow nnd Ico on his fod dor ns occurred last Winter when tho big storm came. Ho snld ho could not lin.ul It nt nil nnd had to ctvo It up. Tho foddor shocks wero nil blown over and burled In tho snow. This mny bo ono renson why tho boys leave thu ranch nnd tho old innn, too, for that mnttcr. Ordltfnrlly ono mnn can throw down onsllngo nnd feed It to 40 cowh In about halt nn hour, whllo It would tako two men ono hour and a half to hitch up and go to tho Held, got tho foddor and feed it to tho tsaino number. Silage, as ovcryono knows, Is n canned grain or furngo crop. Bllo Length. It Is put in tho silo green, cut In lengths varying from one-fourth to threo-fourths of nn Inch, but usunlly nbout ono-hnlf Inch. Tho shorter lengths pack closor nnd thoruforo keep a llttlo hotter. Hut It makes tho filling slower, so taking lnbor Into consideration, tho ono-half Inch longth strikes about tho happy med ium, although I notlco that most ot It Is cut to thrco-qunrtcr length. Now, as I snld, sllago Is mado ot n grain or forago crop, Indian corn first, kaflr or mllo second, nnd cano or sorghum third. A crop that Is high In stnrch and carbohydrates is bettor than ono that is high In pro toln, especially when It Is to bo fed In connection with nlfnlfn hay. Siloed protein gives off a rather of fcnslvo odor. Wo must contluuo to bo a beof nnd dairy product eating nation. . How many acres does It tnko to keop ono cow flvo or six months on tho avorngo pasturo? About throo or 3,4 acres, which would bo at tho rnto of six or sovon ncres a year, or for 2H years it would bo IB to 17 U acres. Now tako a calf at weaning time nnd feed it onsllago and alfalfa hay for 2H years, wo will say, It will eat 30 pounds of sllago a day, which I think la high enough. In 2 fi years It will cat 27,375 pounds of sllago nnd 10 tons of hay. Tho feed that will grow In ono season on 1 1-3 acres of corn and two-thirds of an aero of alfalfa, or two acres ono soa aon, will mako a 1200 or 1400 pound stoor or helfor. Solving High Cost of Living. Now coraparo two acres with 15 to 17 acres, tho dlfforonco of pasturo land and tilled land with a good silo to help, and wo find a dlfforenco of eight to ono. So In tho silo wo must solve tho high cost of living and In this way hold our prestlgo among tho Btrlctly dairy nations and at tho Bamo timo increase iuu icuim? tho soil. , As a matter of fact, tho real valuo of tho Bllo 13 Just as great to our Western stockmen as It Is to thoso In Eastern stntcs, nnd It should form n pnrt of tho permnnont Improve ments of every Western livestock fnrm nnd ranch. Tho vnluo of Bllngo was first realized by dnlry farmers of tho Enst, who found that It was tho Ideal feed for producing milk. Wo all know Hint a cow will grently Incronso her milk flow when turned out to pasturo In tho Spring. Tho principal renBon why Bho does Is that she Is receiving a succulent food. Sllago Is tho succulent feed that takes tho place of tho pasturo gniBS of Summer. It Is n splendid feed for bringing cnttlo through the Wlntor In good condition. Our Western cattlemen nro all more or less unensy during tho Winter months, wondering If they will bo nblo to get through and onto grass In good condition, or Just how bad off thoy will really bo. Sllago Is tho ono substitute for grass. Prod Seoknmp In "Field nnd Fnrm." How Canadians Treat Germans "jr T A recent meeting hold at Hus A Bar, Alberto, a commlttco con sisting ot Carl Schumacher, Gcorgo Wondtland, Ernest Wendt lnnd, It. C. Hlldcbrando and F. W. Tlinden wns appointed to draft a do nlal to tho Btntomcnts recently sent broadcast throughout tho United Stntos regarding Ill-treatment of Gor mans now settled In Western Canada. Tho statement prepared by thorn to tho Lutheran Synod, of St. Louis, Mo., is ns follows: A short tlrno ngo thoro ap peared In a number of newspa pers In tho United States arttclos which dcnlt with tho unworthy nnd unjust troatment of Germans nnd Austrlans llvlntr In Canada, lioth on tho port of tho Canadian government nnd tho Canndlan people, and In which nro painted In strong colors tho unpleasant ness and hopelessness to which tho enemies of Kngland nro ox posed hero. (JrnumllrxN Itnmnr. To this wo wish to remark that thciio rumors nro not according to facts. A llttlo over a year ago wo established a colony In Hus sar, Alberta, consisting of twonty purely Oorman farmers nnd their families. Tho young members of our colony loft for tho United Htntes nt tho outbreak of tho war In ordor to sail for Gormany; tho others havo signed a parole, In accordance with tho directions from tho Canndlan Rovcrnmcnt, and In which parolo thoy under take not to tnko nny Inimical steps during tho duration of tho war ngulnst which tho govcrn mont on their part promised full ncourlty of Canndlan laws. Hlnco then moro than n quarter of tho year hns elapsed and wo havo not had any unpleasantness on ac count of tho war. Wo havo met everywhere with kind receptions nnd discreet understanding of our situation and everything In our colony has taken Its usual courso. ltnllrond Tm Helping. Tho railroad company, from which wo purchased our lands, has during this time, In which tho forwarding of money from Germany for tho purpose of ex tending our operations Is mado posolble, aided us In the most helpful manner, so that tho exe cution of the plans could pro Kress without hindrance, and wo have only words of grace and acknowledgment therefor. Impelled by our German sense of righteousness, we send you these lines, as the greatest num ber among us belong to your faith, and ns we have been In formed that there Is a number of German-Americans from your jurisdiction who Intended to mako a now homo In Western Canada nnd who havo been turned away from their purpose by false newspaper articles. Tho fact that Western Canada Is tho one placo for every German or Austrian farmer who bus made up his mind to secure himself and his family a safe futUro through earnest and steady labor the war cannot chango In any particular. Such Is tho experience wo havo had and, although wo nil remem ber the fatherland In this mo ment of distress with all our heart! and thought, we, however, believe that It Is only fair that wa In trls manner should vindi cate our new home. Tho Farmers' Union of Arlzonn has put Itself on record ns opposing tho proposed J10.000.Q00 bond issuo for transcontinental highways nnd reclamation. International Harvester Manure Spreaders ThcIHCLinc GRAIN AND HAY . MACHINES IkaJlrt, Rtiptti lltiltri, Mattcri Rain, Stuatri liar Laidtri "HtrPmin CORN MACHINES rUittn, ricktra Biat'tn, CaltWiUri EinUit Cilltri 5bllr. SarWJin TILLAGE Pre. Sprlat.Taata, ad DUk lurrtwi CaJllfiLn GENERAL LINE Oil Mil CiiErtUtt OJTricl.r. Maaarc SpiMoir Cnw Stparatara Farat W,,m Malar Traia Tarnatra Grata Drifli FmJ CrlaJtra Kail Crtaa'tra BiaJirTwbs STEEL frame on steel wheels that is the lasting basis on which Inter national manure spreaders nro built. 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