The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-30

HH~"HHtHM NaANNAAAHAH 49,
in the period OF CESSATION and Of rs
use in general as food for daiEt
COWS.
Silage ha4 been given the credit
from time 10 time for causing many
Of the Ills In the dairy industry, among
them may be mentioned bad iavors In
milk and butter. destroying the teeth
Of animals. shortening life and more
recently abortion has been added to
the list II the crop Is not put into
the sllo At the proper stage Of matur'
ity OF II the siio is not air tight and
undesirable fermentations take place.
some sll-efects may result On the
other hand. when a crop Is put into
well built silo In the right condition,
I believe that niiage ls a cheap, palat
able and healthy food for dairy COWS
and that the products resulting from
its use are not inferior. Why Is Il,
silage Is unhealthful and unwhoie-
some, that thousands Of siloa are in
use by the best dalrymen in American
Why is 1t that milk furnished BY many
OF the best dairymen who are heavy
feeders OF silage are unable to supply
the demand from critical customers
who pay high prices for what they
regard as an excellent article? Why
Is It that butter from dairiea where
silage Is properly fed meets with no
objection from customersG Why is Il
that some condensed milk factories &C
cept milk from silage fed cows and
urge their patrons to erect and use
silos? Why is It that cows fed on
silage for a long period Of years re-
main In good health, continue 70 take
their rations and yield profitable re-
turnsg Why is II (if silage causes
abortlonl that herds Of forty cows fed
literally with silage for six months
Of the year. even when well advanced
In the period OF CESSATION. 20 through
the entire year without a case Of aoor-
lion? My experience Ia feeding a dairy
herd with silage for seven years indl-
Gates that there is no foundation for
objections to the legitimate use Of sil.
age as a food for dairy animals even
when supplying critical customers
with milk and cream. Further, my
experience has been that when we'll
preserved silage is fed continuously
for six months Of the year tthe amount
not exceeding s5 pounds per COW
daily) In connection with such nne
feeds as win make q properly bal
anced ration the animals Will remain
IN good health from year to year.
Furthermore, II has been my expert
ence that COWS, even when we'll ad-
vanced in the period Of CESSATION. may
be fed good corn sllage at the rate OF
20 to 2b pounds per day In connection
with other foods without any injurious
effects. 1t Is my opinion, therefore.
that good corn silage fed within rea-
sonable limits does not cause abortion.
In fact, believe that a succulent
food, as corn silage, fed In small quan.
titles at the time when animals are
well advanced IN the period Of gesta-
ton, aids IN keeping the digestive
system In good condition and has q
beneficial effect upon the general
health Of the animal.-c B. Lane.
Asst. In Dairy Husbandry, n. j. Expe-
riment station.
From the Farmers Review: At the
Dairymen's Convention held at Fond
du Lac, Wisconsin, some weeks ago,
ID. w Howie made the statement that
ensllage was the cause OF abortion
where fed to cows advanced IN the
period Of CESSATION. ! am In receipt
OF q request TO give my experience
along this line. Il has been my Gus.
tom for many years TO put all cows
about to freshen on an ensilage diet.
dropping all grain feed In converse.
ton with H. B. Gurler on the same
subject found he was practIclng the
same method and like me does not
have any bad results. either abortion
Or milk fever. We also use ensilage
for all young helfers right up TO the
lime they ereshen DO not use grain
before three or four weeks of time Of
their freshening, and then the grain
feed is quite light, never more than
tour pounds daily OF some balanced
ration COWS in milk get. ! am In
receipt OF many letters each gear
rom dalrymen all over the United
States regarding abortion IN their
aerds and from the descriptions they
send Of how their herds are handled
have never fc led 10 point out the
.ause and la no case have / for a mo-
nent thought ensilage caused # (more
likely the lack Of 10. Mrs. Howie
1.-THE mother Of D. W) at our recent
'ound-up at Bloomington gave US sev.
sral causes for this trouble and every
0ne OF them is just such as / ind
n all anlicted herds-badly construct
"a stalls. narrow gateways. narrow
table doors and slippery places about
watering places. rough treatment By
aired help and dogs ! must take
enough space 10 thank F M Parsons
Il Burllngtons Iowa. for championing
ny sllo plan All Of the remuneration
get from my giving TO the dalrymen
and stochmen this silo plan Is IN the
way OF just such kind words and It le
al am asking. and am pleased 10
say my dividends are steadily grow
ng from year 10 year as the users
see how well Cobhs silo fills the BIZ
Tor cheap, good sllo.-"Bun Jersey
Count Zeppelin. the inventor Of an
airship has invented an automobile
launch. the feature OF which Is that
the propellers are III the air. He
claims that the boat will be most use
ful on tropical lakes and rivers, where
the tangled growth Of aquatic plants