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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1914)
I CORN SILO, WHEN AND TO FILL IT 'TTiaQ A iraviici" and any of the 34 club- AND KEEP THE Ult X-llt ing offers for one year ONLY $1.25 The Silo Gaining in Popularity Every Year Where It Is In Use By the Dairymen and Farmers. ENSILAGE SPOILING At no time him the silo been more mlar than It Ik tn-day. At the pn t time I would way there urn jirfBon about 1M nil"" '" UM'' '" UllMtlf County. I'ennH.vlvnnla. While this h h verv iiirnll nmnhor for n county of the ,ze of l-amaHter, and for one In which 10 mam cattle lire bttSJ fed, I .. . i .. f....l Ilial ill..... kllllU II "I ne a mi i iiiui meie never I, i n :i irenler niiinlier or hIIoh In iimo 'l'llis popularity Is rapidly In- rri,llHim. I MrriiiK m' past eiir l nave I,,,,.,, attber directly or Indirectly in- Ktm nifiitii I In having aliont 18 hIIoh I'l.e nl. 1 1,,.,,, arc iiiiiHit i.i, i cuttle fatten nl In thN comity every fear, From flenroK which I have It has been found alisnliltclj Impossible to make imy pro Htdtoa this" feeling work abort vnlne of manure without the tine of the silo. I',, illin; i sperlincntH at our own stn llon thin' year have demonstrated to iir funnel thai without the iihc of the silo cattle will ho fed In a direct Iiks or. In other words, market price Hill lint lie received on tile farm for urulim feil. We havp no system or r IIiik eltlor fat cattle, or cpws which can Bdcipiately compete with the lino of mIIhp1 Vim ciin not concrete thn Inside of a pit Ml" luavllv enough to keep out the water In flat or poorly drained alio. I iiIi'nh yonr buildings are In rated on a hill or Home other place haUiu: first-class natural dralnaKe, don't trj to unc a pit alio. If you want to experiment you nilxlit '11k a hIIo to the required depth on flat land, then dig a Hlx-lnch well In the bottom of the hIIo down to a IKTinanwit wnter vein. Curb up the wall and put a drain head over the top Put a few Inches of gravel on top of thin, then your alio floor. Thla ' method of dralnaKe ban worked aittla fartorlly In a number of caaoa for dralnhiK ponda and alnk holea. It mlKlit do fully an well for dralnliiK a llo. A alio 10 feet In diameter and 20 f.-.-t deep will Kive you a capacity of " or 21 tons. A Kood way to build thla would he 15 feet below round Mild five feet above. MING UP THE SILO TO KEEP THE AIR OUT All dairy limners who MIOJ brains In i inunction vs It li their business arc coutliiccd that the alio la not mils a liecrit hut the best paying lll- Mstnieiit on the IffJrj i.irm. Not all dalr furma who have invested In olliis have learned how to make tilt lt uae of thorn. The alio should never be allowed to stand empty, but the tanner should teed uud till and ar range tbe rotation of bla cropa In ucb a way that he has something to put Into it aa soon aa it ia nearly empty A good many farmera who have modern alloa ure not careful ououKh lit filling them to prevent '"ih... of some silage The farmer's wife putting up fruit In a gluss Jar would uot think of for a moment to screw the lid on tbe jar without putting on a rubber gas ket, and yet tbe farmer doea thla very thing with bia alio when be doses the doora without putting Pilch or some heavy paint on tbe des of the doora to mako it abso lutely air tight when closed. A good Ma farmers neglect to seal the top f the silo by cutting a load of old Ira and dlbtributiug it on top of he silage about four inches thick, "ettiug it and sowing into it a lot "i oats, which when sprouting, will '"rni a perfect heal on top that will Pmaut the spoiling of any of the silage. Again, the farmera are negligent kta feeding the silage, by leaving the doors stand open, permitting a current of air to puss over it and iMl hasten fermentation, especially la the summer time. The farmer who wishes to produce UM greatest number of tons of silage Per acre and have plenty or feed for his cow next summer should not de ft a single day to sow some vetch a"d winttr oats and plant corn on "" same land next spring. Tacoma lJairym.au. When to Silo Corn. Asks Perry Scheibel of Wisconsin: B ben is the best time to cut corn fo the silo?" Years ago it was the practice to put corn Into the alio when n Ha milk, but the heHt feedera have ,,,, to tho concliiHlon that the proper time to cut for aaaflafi Ih when ii ,.rn Ih ripe enough to go nto the shock. If frost strikes It before that time, of Count, It should be cut down and hI- lOtd as Mum ns possible. Corn cut too rttB makes a slmmili a. id ensilage which Is Ichh palatable an I ..mtalns less nutbiitive ralatthM tlM later cut corn. Iiilcss y.mr c.ini is very dry, indeed, It Will lint ,,,.,.,1 ,,,,. added mi Hie time of putting Into the silo. II .hied thru hurl frost and slow nillng, a lew Lamb of water may be added after the silo Is rilled, but for ordinary MfftllUOM this Is not recomnii ule I SHREDDING CORN FOR STOCK BRINGS GOOD RESULTS It will pay you to shred all the corn you use ror rodder, especially If this Ih done In Hiiliimn bororc the corn has stood In the shock through exisisurc to I n lot or winter rain and anow. If you have stork enough to nan up all your corn In thla way I bcUeve you will he more satisfied with shr. ddliiK. Should od do this shredding, how ever, all at the same time It will make a pretty hlif stack of hirnful or shred ded rodder and you want to be careful about Its heating. Mulld the stack over a few llnea of common drain tile la. together looaaly. Thla will let the air In. Farmera have had good results from rilling their alloa the second time. One or the beat dnlrymen In Illinois filled his alio for the aerond time In Decem ber last year and It made good feed. The corn waa cut Just before frost andW placed In large ahocka. When cutting this dry corn Into the silo a hose of water should be run Into the blowar constantly so that the feed will be thoroughlv moistened While this sllaie probably la not of aa high fending vuluo aa allage cut at the proper time, vet the fermenting ac tion tends to soften the hard corn i. ill and the changes that take place make It n better feed than either com mon or sluadded fodder Farmera with w bom I have talked on thla subject think that the Increased feed value pays for the cutting mid the teed Is In much better condition to handle. Ired I.. I'etty. kkkihm; tiik nmx kmmiokn. The damage resulting from the work of this Insect has amounted to five and one-half million dollars In two wars. In this state three full broods reach maturlt). The larvae of these three broods feed mainly upon corn. The larva enters the soil In tbe fall and burrows down about three iuches. From this point It excavates a tunnel to the surface, leavlna a thin plate of surface soil untouched It goes back to the bottom of tbe burrow and spends the winter. In late May and in June it crawls up Its open burrow, bursts tbe thin plate of soil and crawls out Within a few hours it will be able to take night and begin busi ness. I In -females deposit their eggs upon tbe leaves of the young com, and in four or five daya they hatched. The larva feeds on the leaves near the tender curl for about eighteen days. th.u the tull-grown larva enters the soil. It remains in the soil about thirteen days, and then comes out as the second brood in early Jul. The Mioml and third broods feed upon the ,,;i, i eon silk and grains. The corn atnrora moth la a strong flyer aud u ill travel a long distance to find corn thai is lu a stage of development suit able to Its ueeds. The method of controlling this pest is kj destroying those that pass the winter In the soil. Late fall or early winter plowing will destroy a very large per cent due to exposure to the weather ami birds. To haw- good re sults .all the farmers In the community should plow their infested fields One fanner alone cannot get rid ot the pest, because there are always enough b bis neighbors' rield to infest his crop. A tamaf that plants his corn as early as possible will (M ihe large ner cent ot l'B due to tins msec., uC- aiise the corn will th a l,i- pabt tne attractive stage when largest prood appears ion, Kaa. the third anu l.uib-s Dil- Qfcflfckfe k Maya- tm kW .-. m S V.M. .1 j; I fr. -i i RU?rH-HOrtE I fa lsi MM'k ffiXSviKJOftS Kimball's Dairy Farmer - rr?w MaVj art.-- .; OREEN'S Fruit Grower DO NOT PASTURE CORN STALKS, TOO DANGEROUS This may seem like a broad bit of advice, in view of the millions of acres of stall's which are fed off every year In the corn belt. Hut it Isn't our sug gestion. It Is the advice of the ('. 8. D. A. "As death from cornstalk dlM'usf Is generally sudden, and there Is little op portunity for treatment," says it Kor erninent publication, "anlmalb -.tumid not be turned Into a field with M Hid ing stalks." There are good reasons asbb loss by this mysterious dlseus the stalks should not be fed off field, and for this reason, lf ntbi i . we point In the advb 'rom hy the r no The feeding of Htundlng titalko Is BStiall" safe, but every man who pra i runs the risk of finding dead yards valuable cattle which wer to help in making profits tin i fore. Nobod. seems to know Juist there is whieh occasionally -' ' it hta udy b- vbat into pol- a field of talks which Is deu. son to tattle. Hut we do know c at II . .. I .h .i.tu are r-ut at the i.roi.i ' lime for making fodd.r, cured and n ned I nun the field the danger la avoided. Stalks fed In the barnyard an afe, and better tluui stalks fed In the field because the are cut when all lB4 f d ing vulin- li- in them, or shoubl be, at least. Stalks shredded and fed in the barn or ard an- better because tin- stataa th.-mseh. s will be eaten. Stalks made Into silage at the proper time are bet- :bbbt I XsVaC "' $1.25Our Paper and Any One of These Clubs $1.25 SEVERAL leading publishers of magaines have joined with us in CsTMol t'ne greatest subscription bar gain offers ever put out in this country. Through this combination a ryboi'y will bo able to get a yearly subscription to three magazines in combination with our weekly p i, ef at pnM tically the price of our paper alone. ! In this list you will find forty different periodicals formed Into tinny-five different clubs. Each club has 3 magazines, except one Special Club which has four marantic kmm of these maga zines sell for as much as $1 a year. 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Kvtryday Llla Farm Life I.I.17B No. IS Today's (with fraa pattern) Pralria Farmer Household Macattne Wmmn'm Momm Lit lit II Feopl' Popular Farm Progress Woman World CLUB Poultry Item Today's (with Ira Farm Lib CLUB Boys' Magalln Homrl.l f 0nllwoman CLUB Kimball' Dairy Home Lib Qntlwoman ter still because they will not deterior ate on the approach of spring; they are Juicy and palatable to the stock, and will be eaten up clean. In these days of silos, rather low priced shredders and cutters, and effi cient engines, every mau should try to avoid both waste and cornstalk disease by feeding his coru In the most effl - dent way. METHODS Of SPREADING THE HOG CHOLERA GERN Oregon Agricultural College, Cor- vallis Ore.. June. Hog raisers of Oregon need to be' on the alert to pre vent the Introduction aud spread of the dread disease Into their parts of the state Since the dlseuse Is due to a germ of iniscroscoplr size it naturally follows that it can be com municated to well hogs only kj pi r mlttlng the germ to be carried to them. A knowledge of the different methods of carrying the genu from Infected to well hogs Is essential to prevention. Some of these methods of apaead are given bv Dr H T. aj i. ....... ... ,1... nimuis, rajnasma " i" Agrlcul- turai tonege, ao ion.. l.Hy direct loutart with hogs suf fering from cholera. j.Hy carriers, that Is, hogs that have recover.-1 from cholera but btill puss germs with their droppings. 3. Hy humans that have ronm Into contact with lafBCUd hogs or prem ises. 4 Hv dogs, covotes, buzzards and .--. - -- - !... - otner carrion aauua uiiimuin umi no.. fed on the carcasses of Infected hogs. 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Hy slops, swill and garbage that have been Infected with bacon rluds or ham hones from hogs that had been afflicted with cholera at sluugbt- , er. tierms will ordinarily die out lu four mouths In lot conditions, but are ao resistant that they survive the usual curing and packing process as carried on lu the big packing houses After they have once found lodgment lu the hog there is no remedy known hut hog cholera serum, tl rowers should therefore take every precaution to see thut germs uo not enter tueir nertis by any of the foregoing means. I ding far i. ii .il I'l-inliii limi. Alfalfa, beet and corn silage ure the principal teeds used by a. W, Morris d. Sous, noted California dairymen, who have recently brought out three ilolstein sows, each with a record of over 1000 iiouiids of butter In a year. lb. t.-.-d liberally on green alfalfa or alfalfa bav, beets or beet pulp, and corn silage, giving all that the rows will eat. They feed grain moderately, which i.uiM.sts of two pounds of ground wheat to one pound of ground barley, with some bran. It has been found that the rows are lu much better con dition while milking tin Ir best and eating plent.. of b.-et pulp ami silage with some grain than when milking ah iu....ililrilu in n. nib mi alfalfa bav -..... ..... ah.n. P a. .dSstsassmLsaHaLa L V lOMpIfl 013 i i ii No. as Faneyworh Mssilne Oenllewoman Today'a I with free pattern) III. I'll No. ;? KanClty VV,,kly Star Farm Lib Bveryday Life ii tii No. aa Qenllewomsn Women' World Horns Lib ci. rn No. aa Kssas City wkly star Bvvryday Lib Horn Lib I It II No. SO Southern Rurallat Homo Lib Oenllewoman CLUB No. 81 Parmar'eWaly DIpaich(Sl. Faul Home Lib Farm LIB " ii m N. sa Rural Weekly (St. Faul) Unllwomon Brydy Lib I 1 1 in No. aa American Home Womon'a World Oontlowoman club No. aa McCall'a iwllh Ires paliarni Kvvryday Lib HouMhold Out THEY HAVE DETECTIVES AFTER THE KANSAS COWS Twentt-alx farmers lu Dickinson county, Kausus, orgituUed a cow test ing association lust year, with the help of the K.in .i- Agricultural College. They hired u man to do the testlug. He worked ut the home of each man one dav everv month The cost to the runners was about $1 ' for each cow for the year, for tin :i7'.i cows entered. Hefure the plan bail been in opera tion very lOBfl tOUU t.trnu i.-. be.'un to sell eows. Tin woiibl have been ib'- iiberutei robblni than alvi if they had uot MM .r'i ih.-. found out how ptMjr certaiii oi tin iiiilin.il vafo, At the end nl the jfOaVI tfed) BQ1J1 tlou hud run. .bte ri-ioril. lor lit of the row- I III 134 coa '. a return ot g.7fi i'r e.u b l w..rtb of feed ronsiiuied. The MaV "i" .in. I the pool OOBll I for oaca $1 In 'i- ' "' "'v' "'" I I aterag.-d i profH Q4 VIM BMBi and I tin five bMl 00 ' profit of ini M .. b (or He .i Whlla thu man with tin poon- I .ii.in.il h. I fll. fi, the man with tin- Lv I uned l H.ll lln- . i iirotit on the whole biilieb was fWS1 " ssBisl but one III the ten Bfl I OWH w.re of I dan ' Olie of the tin pO tt Mil ut a dair. brt ad, 1 pa laat cow at- a third inor. than lln poorest, but she gave alii. as nun h but- tcr tat ,