Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-24
THE FARM AND HOME.
PARTICULAR POINTS CON-
cERNsNo THE sILo.
Take tho cern staading--Does DehornAnz
Pays--EirS Biighs IN the Pear
Tho Ram-sheeP sheaTins
and Home Hints.
The SIlo.


A number OF questions CONCERNING
the silo were answered as follows
through the Ohio Farmer
Can a silo be built small enough
for three head OF stoclS? Yes but
there would be such small amount
in 1t that there would not be weight
enough of itself to make 1t settle,
and weighting would have 10 be re-
sorted TO. One six feet square and
ten feet deep would be quite stable
and with two tons OF stone on a good
cover. there would not be any
particular risk.
What lengths do you preferin cut
ting?" The s-inch cut is in my opin-
ion, the best length. 1t packs the
best, handles easily and the gums Of
the cattle are never cut by the silage.
Then if the silage is judiciOusly fed,
there will bs no uncohsumed stalks
Have you changed your mind
about whiting the corn be ore it goes
into the silos" No. but the better
way think is 10 let the corn stand
and mature TO point that is rep
resented By tho wllted fodder and
then take il standing for the silo.
Wilted fodder does not handle as
nicely as the fresh cut does not 90
through the cutter as we'll. aud in the
silo IL is more likely to mold BY over.
| dryness or have '.bupches or places
where the Stage has not kept quite
as we'll Silage to keep in the most
| perfect manner needs to have at least
| 20 per cent OF moisture when put up
and wiIted fodder is often below this
| point K3.R1
"a Can an animal be wholly wiutered
on siluge alone2" Yes think 50
from some little experience o. my
own. and from what / have seen. =
Silage from well matured corn would
carry young stock through in fair
shape OF course the ration would
be ono quite deficient OF nitrogen but
the food being 10 sncculent state
the animal would have less difficulty
in appropriat;ng 1t than If ia a Gry
/ condition, il we are 10 believe 50 cmI-
nent an authority as DR.. Manly Miles.
One horse in our barn has had q
bushel Of sIlage day all winter and
shows no sign that it otherwise than
agrees with him.
| What arc the best varieties Il
plant9" That depends upon the To-
cality. The idea is to ret corn that
will fully mature before the frost:
come. The Pride OF the North Is well
spoken o.. The larger kinds OF iiuts.
red cob goured- seed and the b anC
w are the kinds that are most spoken
of for Stage. IN some sections thC
large lint5 are in demand as they
produce fairly well and have at
abundance OF grain. Tae real ques
ton Is. shall we raise the smaller
kind that produces the largest amour
OF grain TO the stalk or grow u larger
kind that while il has rs much grain
Yields twice the loader and supplies
some gain to make the two average
This l. a matter that the silo ne,
might discuss with profit
What Is the best machinery to Gu
the fodder in TIE tield2' There ar,
only two hargesters in the market
ana neither OF them only TO limited
extent no usual machine used Il
Ohio is corn knife. In the hands 0
good stout man In very light corr
the reaper will do quite good work
bat ~ soon rs the corn gets to be o
good size it tausles it up so shat th
cost 81 picking it up is more than 70
J hand cutting and laying it in goo,
graveIs OF proper size Then the
can be easily loaded pom the wagon
and as easily taken OIL, and place
upon the cutter table.