The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02

points to be considered in formulating
rations for the herd. They must be
palatable so that the COW will eat in
large amounts and waste very little
of the feed They must contain suf-
1icient amount of digestible nutrients
and for this reason concentrates must
be fed in addition to hay. straw and
grass. They must be inexpensive in
order to insure a profit. There must
be a sufficient amount of variety in
order that the feeder may change his
ration from time to time and keep
the cow always ready for her next
meal There must be a certain amount
of succulence summer and winter if
the ration is to accomplish the best
results.
The SIo.
One of the chief sources of all of
these points is the silo. There is no
feed more palatable. more easily di-
gested, affording more of variety
and costing as small an amount In
the corn belt as does corn silage and
I am confident that thu time is close
at hand when silos on the farm will
be as plentiful as corn cribs are
at the present time 1t has other ad-
vantages In that It is useful in feeding
other farm animals. 1t supplies in
the winter time the succulence of the
June pastures. 1t Is convenient in
that the feeder Is not compelled to go
to the corntield and pick the dry corn
stalks out OF the snow on cold, frosty
mornings Experiments prove that
milk and butter fat can be produced
for ut least one-third less cost where
corn silage is used than where the
COW must subsist wholly on dry feed
The farmer of the corn belt. has during
the past year, demonstrated that he
is aware of the fact that silage is one
of the very best and cheapest feeds
that can be supplied to farm animals
In Iowa there are to be found up TO
this year in the neighborhood of 1890
si,oe on farms and during the present
year there have been sold and erected
on other Iowa farms in the neighbor-
hood of 1900 more and likely It is
that during the coming year the num-
her of silos in this state will be again
doubled. The chief objection to the
silo at the present time. and. in fact.
the emily objection that the writer has
heard for some time. is that the first
cost is a considerable expense-which
Is true However, Ii one stops to COM
pare the actual cost of storage space
of foods fer farm animals it is readily
found that the silo is the cheapest
structure that can be built upon the
farm. AS a matter of fact. one OF the
great losses of the farmer in the corn
belt at the present time is the loss of
foodstuffs which remain in the fields
exposed during the entire winter to
the elements of the weather, and any
method by which these same feeds
can be taken indoors out of the wealth
er and saved rather than wasted adds
greatly to the producing capacity and
to the net profits of the farmer.
Capacity Of the slo.
1t is a wellknown fact that 400
cubic feet of barn space is required
for the storage of one ton of clover
hay; so cubic feet of silo space win
suffice for the storage of one ton of
An English Custom.
In England a small carafe or wa
ter bottle. with a drinking glass in
yerted over the top. is always kept In
every bedroom, and freshly filled
morning and night. This is a most
convenient custom where there is not
running water in or near the room.
as one will often go without the
wished for swallow after a disagree
able pill. or to relieve a sudden cough