The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-03-22

with fresh grass or green food, cut
daily for them. instead Of pasturlng
them. This az a mode Of feeding is very
little used in Oregon. but in our East
ern states II is practiced very extensively
A silo Is a contrivance for the purpose
Of preventing waste by evaporation OF
drying out. Ensilage is simply canned
corn or other fodder. It is taken at ia
highest stage Of nutrtitive value and
preserved in It's succulent or juice form
That food in this form is more valuable
than dry fodder or even ordinary pas
turage will be evident to everyone who
has had stock 10 feed. Every observing
farmer knowsthat good COW on good
grass, cay about three inches high
will do her best by producing one
pound Of butter, and even more, pei
day. II has been found that a COW
weighing 1000 pounds will consume
about 60 pounds Of this grass per day
On this she will keep mp her flow o.
milk and her yield Of butter. II yor
take this 80 pounds Of grass and cure
II you will have about 20 pounds o.
hay, or dry matter. Feed this hay tc
the COW and give her all the water she
will drink, and she will shrink in bel
yield Of milk aud butter An expert
ment Of this kind will convince an!
person Of the real practical value o
succulence. Another convincing fact {
that milk is composed Of 81 per cen
Of water and 10 per cent Of solids. II
this connection / might state that &C
cording 10 the October number Of thu
Review Of Reviews, n Danish inventor
has discovered process by which he
separates the water from the solids
leaving the latter in the from Of q
powder, which may be made into but
ter, cheese or milk, az may be desired
This IL interesting iitrue.
These considerations demonstrate that
II IL necessary that dairy cattle should
be fed, during as much Of the year az
possible, on succulent food. My own
experience leads to the same conclusion,
and II might not be amiss TO relate some
Of my observations.
situsted az | am, on Howell Prairie,
the so.called garden apot Of Oregon,
whore land ranges In value from $50 10
$50 per acre, and having the ambitation
Of great many others TO carry ~ many
head Of cattle a. possible on small
tract Of land, set about searching for
such methods as would accomplish the
desired result. In 1890 | built my first
silo. Having had no experience and no
facilities for working properly, put the
corn In whole, cutting II before feeding.
The result gave such satisfaction that
the next season made arrangements
for cutting the corn INTO the sllo. The
silo was No satisfactory In It's results that
was able TO save my beet heiiers, and
thus increase the size Of my herd, |
have since built more silos, and now
have four, two square aud two round,
with capacity OF 25O tons. am now
feeding Gs head Of heiiers aud cows, and
have only 90 acres Of land under culti.
yalion and 40 acres Of brush pasture.
The utter impossibilily Of pasturing 50
many cattle on 50 small a tract Of land
called for further searching, with the
result that took 10 soiling.
The cost Of putting up ensilage ranges
from 10 cents 10 81 per ton, and even
more under uniayorable circumstances
The cost Of soiling varies. one man,
with a team, will cut, rake and haul in
aud feed the vegetation sufficient to sup.
port 90 head Of cattle. The vegetation
used also varies, but experience has
taught that on Howell Prairie soil the
best feed for the year round is obtained
by sowing yeiehes with a small sprink-
linz Of rye TO hold il mp. This should
be followed with peas In the spring, and
with corn in the fall aud winter. The
yc,ches and rye should bo sowed in the
fall, the earlier the better This, be-
lieyc, gives us the best continuous food
for both beef aud dairy cattle. Last
years results Of four acres Of vctch and
rye gave me 5000 mtions, all the COWS
would clean up, the rye being rejected
This was yield of 300 ra,ions per acre.
The same ground could have been pillow.
ed and put into corn the same season,
thus producing two crops oi feed. one
Of my ncighbors did this, aud produced
the same amount Of food Ia the silo,
Il is my opinion that, owing 10 our
dry summers, the silo is the coming
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