Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-01-01
SILAGE FOR MILK cows.
Most Profitable Way to Feed This
Valuable Ration.

by M A. 1OODN4Ct1.
Perhaps there is more benefit derived
from silage by feeding it to milk cows
than by feeding it to any other kind
of stock. At any rate, it is used more
and thought more of by dairymen than
by any other class of farmers.
Cows should never be fed exclusively
on siage. They need some dry forage
to go with it; they need a variety. Be-
sides this, corn silage Is a CarbOna-
ceOus food and needs some more nitrog
enOus food to go with 1t to make a
well balanced ration. About thirty
or at most forty pounds day Of
silage is as much as should be fed to
each COW. 1t should be fed from the
top Of the silo, taking off about two
inches in depth from the entire sur
face each day, for If it is long exposed
to the air it will be damaged. If the
feeding commences Immediately after
filing the silo-and this is a good way
to do it-there will be no damaged
siage Mt all. Care should be taken at
each time of feeding to leave the sur
face smooth and even and not pick and
stir it up with the fork. for that will
let in the air and cause damage.
My way is to feed the silage ration
in two feeds both night and morning.
and it is better to feed after milking,
because the peculiar odOr of the silage
might affect the flavor of the milk.
Cows as well as other stock have a
6. l.,
lieve much of the success in feeding it
can he attributed to its palatability
They even prefer it, to certain ex-
tent at least. to fresh cut forage or
good grass in the pasture. | have seen
cows in June when on coed pasture
which had been fed silage every day
come to the gate at O'Clock in the
afternoon and below and ask to come
to the barn and get silage, which they
would eat greedily and apparently
with great relish. have seen the ex-
pertinent tried of offering the cows at
the same time corn cut fresh from the
fields and silage that was put up the
year before. Every COW chose the
silage and ate that first 1t is true
these cows had been fed silage every
day all summer, and It may be the
habit Of eating silage had something
to do with their preferring it, but they
surely would not have done 1t If silage
had not been pretty good feed
There is n better and cheaper feed
to supplement short pastures. which
we are almost sure to have every sum-
mer on account of drought or other
causes. than good silage. | know some
OF the most successful dairymen in the
country who feed slIage every day in
the year. winter as well as summer.
THE GUINEA IN DISGUISE.
When on trip to grandpap's farm
You're always sure to meet
The guinea with his hawk alarm
"Buckwheat! Buckwheat! Buckwheatr'
II you should unto New York 60
You almost die of fright
When that same guinea whistles low:
Bob White! Bob whitel Bob Whittier
But down at Philadelphia. too.
He sounds the pheasant's drum;
Most scares the daylfghts out OF you
With his ''Trum! Tr-r-rum! Trumi''
Now, at Atlantic by the sea
He's bonton canvasback
Just fills your gizzard up with glee
To hear him "Ouackl Quack! QuackI'
o guinea, guinea, sakes alive.
You used 10 cost but niti
But now YOU cost from two to fve
By changing your outfit
At home you dressed IN polka dots,
But now full dressed in town.
You're frilled In parsley and pink knots
And sport a fine sheath gown.
Bovine Tuberculosis.
My experience aud observations dur-
Ing the past seven years convince me
That bovine tuberculosis Is A stable
disease, that it is very rarely. II ever.
communicated from one animal TO an
other while COWS are in the pasture
unless Il be 10 a sucking calf. and thar
Il Is safe TO assert that disease VIII
never be permanently removed from
dairy herds until more sanitary c,,-
ditions are introduced into a great ma /
Jority u the stables whore the dairy
COW IS housed--Dr. Leonard Pearson /
State Veterinarian.
Special Feed Fer Thin Ewes.
Il viii pay to separate the thin eu--
ron the rest and give them spec,,I
iced Tor awhile Don't leave them wifh
me rest TO struggle for their living. but
give them n wssr. ,a-.-.-