The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-20
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! cOnIne0ce at the Top; there is less eA'
f posture if the top is small.
: 1 think, however, 1 need not 60 into
t details in this article as to the build.
t ing of slices. My brother farmers
: want to know first of all about the
feed. Let me say just here, however
that Prof. Shelton estimates that you
may count ON "a lbs. of ensilage to ev.
cry cubic foot in your silo, and that
: this will make days rations for a
cow. This, L believe, about correct
My silo is of stonc, laid in mortar, and
painted with cei..ent. 1 made a mis-
take in not having 1t well plastered
with good coat of cement on the in
side, as the ensilage spoiled some next
the wall. Before filling again, I will
have it so plastered. L have some adj
vantages in the way of location for a
silo. My barn stands ON a rock bluff,
the stone going down perpendicurly
over 20 feet just back of the barn. l
went down and built up against this
rock, using it for part of the wall
and putting some ten feet still on top
of it, making my silo so feet deep, II
feet wide (inside) and 80 feet long. The
floor is dirt.
| When the corn would have done TO
have cut and put in shock we COM
menced to cut and haul to the barn,
where we had power feed cutter with
which we could cut ton of this corn
and fodder in half inch pieces in ten
minutes, running it direct into the
silo, where man was kept to spread
it evenly and tramp it down.
Now comes the point that tries Il
mans faith when filling his silo for
the first time. The next morning aft
er your first days work you find your
feed fairly hot, showing perhaps l25
degrees of heat, and any visitors you
may have and all your help will tell
you that by the time you get your silo
filled this in the bottom will be rotten.
Some of my visitors suggested that it
would not be convenient place to
get out manure, although it would
doubtless be good manure. AL the
same we kept OIL until we thought we
had in two hundred tons. Then we
husked the corn off of few shocks,
ran that through the cutter and
spread it over the top and covered
this with some chaff and straw and
left it until the first day of November,
when we went in, pushed back the
covering of straw and cut husked fod-
der and commenced feeding the finest
feed ever saw given to cattle. From
that day to this we have fed it every
day to over forty cows and ten head
of horses, all eating it greedily and
they eat it all,-corn, fodder and
stalks. There is absolutely no waste.
Now, brother farmers, think of it! If
you can get your entire crop, corn,
husks, stalks, blades and every part
into good. wholesome feed that your
stock will eat and thrive Old, is not
there's big saving?
We commenced the feed as stated, ~
Nov. l. In two weeks l was making
double the quantity of cheese (most of
the readers of the REGISTER know l
make cheese and it has continued so
all winter. 1 believe, too, if my cows
were put in the scales to-day they
would weigh more pounds than they
would have last November. never
before had them looking so well at
this time of year. My mich cows
have had some ground feed (corn and
cob meaD when we milk; no hay or
fodder of any kind, except some wheat
straw during the day.
1 put twenty acres of fair corn in my
silo; it would probably have made
thirty bushels to the acre. II is near
ly gone, but it would easily have last
ed to the middle of April had the
sides kept good.
But 1 find am getting my article
too long. believe 1 will still have to
say to my friends if they feel interest
ed in the matter and will let me know
1 will try to meet them in any school
house and answer any question 1 can
and give any information may have
Oh the subject. I believe it is an inn
portant question. Thousands of slices
are in use in the older States and the
fact that they are rapidly gaining is
evidence of their usefulness.
Respectfully,
81. STEWART.
p. 81 would have no objection to
visiting an Alliance, provided / would
not be asked for any "signs, tokens,
grips or passwords" in order to get
in and that the meeting should be
open TO all. ). J. $.
Potato Raising
l have been thinking for some time
that L would give my experience in
last years potato raising.
Iplanted fifteen varieties, but will
only few varieties that 1
the most profitable to raise.
For earliness the Early Ohio and
the Early Kansas L find to be the best,
the Early Kansas being the most pro-
ductive, and both being good in quail
ity.
Among all the varieties planted the
Burbank stood the drouth better than {
any other, the tops remaining green
until the rain came and then made
! fair crOp. and not a rotten nOtato Z