Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-05-23
CORN ANo THE sILo.

CORN ANO THE SilO.
The great hole 10 the dairy business
In our state is the paying out OF 80 much
money for grain TO feed to the cows
Products Of the dairy, In the main, an
not going to bear higher values In thu
years 10 come than they have brought
for few years past. Dairymen de-
pendent on the market for their grain
feed, all about US are loud In their com
plants that while the COWS are fed al
the barn there Is but little money left
for them after the grain bills are paid
This IL literally the fact. II Is, too, OF
vital Importance, and should commsnd
the closet attention Of all intelligen,
dsirymen.
The way out of so unsatisfactory re.
turns from the business Is 10 produce
more Of the feed Of the cows on the
farm. While good management will
leave margin Of profit from the use OF
purchased grain feed, yet there will be
still larger gain realized where II is
grown on the farm. Having now, In the
carrying out Of such plan, provided
for growing sill the grain practicable the
present year. IL follows now 70 prepare
for the corn crop. Considered In all It's
bearings there is no one crop so impor-
tsnt 10 the dairyman, or TO any stock
grower as well, as is this one Of corn.
Rightly managed II Ia both fodder and
grain. With plenty Of this crop on hand
there Is but little other grain feed
called for In order for the cows 10 do
good work. The accepted kind Of corn
20 plant Is that which will mature q
good growth Of ears IS well rs stalk.
Whether this be fed all together in the
form OF ensilsge or in drv form with the
ears ground IL will supply all the ma
terisl, both grain and fodder, the carbo-
hydrste side Of the ration calls for.
Hence, only protein material IL needed
10 go with IL. This Is easily supplied
from the oats and peas grown on the
farm. Even oats alone fed with the corn
will give excellent results though the
ration would not be quite scientifically
balanced. such grain ration, though,
would all cone from the farm aud would
leave the farmers pocketbook well bal
lasted though the ration be slightly one
sided. IL II were necessary 70 60 into
the market for protein material small
quantity only OF bran, cottonseed or
gluten would MI the bill, and at small
cost. With plenty OF corn, therefore,
and the acres OF grain that NAV easily go
with It, any dsirymsn may, IL he Will,
feed his herd substantially from his own
farm. This course IL entirely feasible II
one will 20 70 work to that end. Farm
ers have TOO much got in the way or de-
pending upon the market for their
needed grain supply. They are not re-
stricted In land, and both the fodder and
grain can be produced on their farms
lust ss well IS now only the fodder, and
neither will displsce the other.
Where corn IL grown on an extended
scale for fodder purposes the silo comes
In ss n desirable provision for housing
and preserving IL. The saving OF the
labor OF husking and the cost OF grind
iug are items Of importance, while the
,pcculent form OF the material gives II \
measure Of value not realized in the
iry form. Still, no one should hold up
about expending his fields OF corn while
a aiting for = silo. On land suited 20 its
culture corn should be made an impor-
.snt crop. With proper culture II gives
. large measure Of desirable fodder 10
he acre and thus enables farmer 70 do
, large business on limited area OF
and. The extension OF the corn fields
Tor fodder purposes wherever tried has
had the effcc, 10 open the eyes OF the
operator 10 possibilities never before
realized. The fact Of so large u measure
,f COW feed from limited area OF land
carries with IL an encourage
nent that is sure 10 lead 10 enlarged ef-
tort. In this way the silo has given
great impetus TO the business OF dsiry-
ing. The two lines Of work are specially
well suited to 60 together, and any
isrmer will he on the right track 10 ex-
tend work In both directions. Corn for
he silo and ensilsge for the dairy will
work wonderful transformation with
any farm where the two are harnessed
together Maine Farmer.