The gazette-times., June 11, 1914, HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION, Page 5, Image 11

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Livestock and Dairy
Facts About Care of Farmeri' Feeders and Aids to Greater Milk Production.
HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
. The importance of silos, siloing
and silage baa bad tardy reeogai
tioa in tbe West. Tlie fact that
it is the cheapest form ia which
cattle may be fed in winter is
alone enough to make it use more
general. The following eilage
hints will be found useful.
SILAGE during the last three decades
has come into general use through
out the United States, especially in
those regions where the dairy industry
bas reached its greatest development.
Silage is universally recognized as a
good and cheap feed for farm stock,
and particulurly so for cattle and
sheep.
Silage is the best and cheapest form
in which a succulent feed can be pro
vided for winter use. An acre of grain
can be placed in the silo at a cost not
exceeding that of shocking, husking,
grinding and shredding. Crops can be
put ia the silo during weather that
can not be used in making bay or cur
ing fodder which is an important con
sideration in some localities.
A given amount of corn in the form
of silage will produce more milk than
the samo amount when shocked and
dried. There is less waste in feeding
silage than in feeding fodder. Good
ilago properly fed is all consumed, and
in addition very palatable. Like other
succulent feeds it has a beneficial ef
fect upon the digestive organs aud
some stock can be kept on a given area
of land when it is the basis of the ra
tion. Silage Is Economical.
On account of the smaller cost for
labor, silage can be used for supple
menting pastures more economically
than can soiling crops, unless only a
mall amount of supplementary feed is
required. Converting the eorn crop in-
to silage clears the land sooner than if
the corn crop is shocked and husked,
nd because of these advantages, sil
age, in the general opinion of dairy
farmers has increased milk production
per cow and has increased the profits
per acre.
In all parts of the United States
Where the silo has come into general
use the principal silage crop is corn.
One reason for this is that ordinarily
corn will produce more food material
to the acre than any other crop which
can be grown. It is more easily har-
vested and put into the silo than any
of the nay crops, susch as clover, cow
peas, or alfalfa.
Furthermore, corn makes an excellent
quality of silage. The legumes, such
as clover and alfalfa, are liable to rot
unless special care is takes to pack the
silage thoroughly and force the air
out. Tho only objection which has
boon raised concerning eorn silage is
the fact that it contains insufficient
protein fully to meet the requirements
of auimals to which it may be fed. The
best variety of corn to plant is that
which will mature and yield the larg
est amount of grain to the acre, since
the grain is the most valuable part of
tbe corn plant. The variety commonly
raised in any particular locality for
grain will also be the most satisfactory
to grow for silago.
Cultivation and Yield.
In somo sections it is a common prac
tice to plant the corn a little thicker
when raised for silage than for grain.
Weeds should be kept out, or they will
be cut with the corn and may impair
the quality of the silage. The amount
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of silage that can be obtained from an
acre of corn will vary from 4 to 20
tons or more. A 50-bushel per acre crop
of corn will yield about 8 to 12 tons
of silage per acre, depending upon the
amount of foliage and stalk that ac
companies the ear, Southern varieties
of corn as a rule carry a larger pro
portion of the plant in the form of
stalk and leaves than do the northern-
gTown varieties. Corn should be har
vested for the silo at about the same
time that it is harvested for fodder.
Sorghums, both saccharine and non
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as drought-resisting crops they are
more commonly grown in those regions
of the West where the rainfall is too
light or irregular for a good growth of
corn. It is important that the Bor
ghums be harvested at the proper stage
of maturity if the best results are to
be secured. A mixture of corn and aor
ghum has proved satisfactory in some
localities where the rainfall was so van
able as to make the corn crop uncer
tain.
Clover Is Successful.
Clover can be used successfully as a
silage crop yielding a palatable pro
duct high in protein but it is prefer-
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able to make H into bay or the silaga
made from clover as from ether legumes
lus an objectionable odor, necessittvt- '
ing particular care in feeding to avoid
tainting the milk. It does not pack
so well as eon, so great ear should
bo exercised ia the tramping of the sil
age at the time of filling, and tha
depth of the silo should also receive
particular attention. Clover should bo
chopped before siloing as a matter of
convenience in feeding and also to se
cure more thorough packing, although
it can bo placed in the silo without
chopping. Clover should be harvested
when in full bloom and some of tha
first heads are dead.
Cowpeas, alfalfa, and soy beans caa
be successfully made into silage by ex
ercising the same precautions as with
clover. They should be cut at the same
time as for hay making. However, it
is ordinarily preferable, as with clover,
to make them into hay rather than sil
age. The fermentations which take
place in silage made of legumes cause
a greater loss of nutritive material than
with corn silago. Corn husks and pea
vines from canning factories, beet pulp
and other by-products am also used in
certain localities for filling the silo.
Hand or Machine Cutting.
Corn for the silo can be cut either by
hand or machine. Hand cutting is prac
ticed on frrms where the amount of
corn to be harvested is so small as to
make the expense of purchasing a corn
harvester too great to justify its use.
Hand cutting is slow end laborious and
there are probably few localities now
where the purchase of a harvester
would not be a profitable investment.
There are on the market several
makes of silage cutters that will give
satisfaction. The capacity of the ma
chine to be purchased is an important
consideration which should tot be over
looked. Many persons make the mis
take of getting a cutter which is too
small, thus making the operation of fill
ing the silo very slow and interfering
with the continuous employment of the
entire force of men. It is better to get
a machine large enough so that every
one will be able to keep busy all the
time. The larger cutters are equipped
with self feeders, a labor-saving device
which the smaller sizes lack.
Water Aids Packing.
The usual length of cutting varies
from one-half to 1 inch. The latter is
considered a little too long, since pieces
of this length will neither pack so
closely in the silo nor be so completely
consumed when fed as will the shorter
lengths. On the other hand, the longer
the pieces the more rapidly can the corn
be run through the cutter.
In case the corn has become too dry
or ripe before it is put into the silo,
water should be added to supply the de
ficiency of moisture necessary to make
tho silage pack properly. Unless it is
well packed the silage will "fire-fang"
or deteriorate through tho growth of
mold. Enough water should be added
to restore the moisture content of the
corn to what it would be if cut at the
proper stage. The water may be added
by running directly into the silo by
means of a hose or by running through
the blower. It is claimed that by run
ning it into the blower the water is
more thoroughly mixed with the cut
corn.
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