Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-26
SILO EXHIBIT IS ATTRACTIVE
Shows Easiest and Cheapest Means Of
Storing Corn Crop without Loss.
Is FULL OF NUTRIMENT


ROuEhaEe Produces Product
So Uniform.
Every farmer who visits the Land Show
will be attracted to the silo exhibit which
has been installed on the balcony floor OF
the Auditorium. The silo has been In use
on the farm for a long time, but untor-
tunately 1t has been adopted only by those
farmers who have reduced cattle raising to
science. The object OF the silo exhibit *
to fRmiliarize the stock feeders with the
merits OF the silo in providing feed Tor
their stock. and Prof c. w. Meliok of
the state agricultural college Is IN charge
to deliver lectures and give visitors all the
Information they desire
Loss Ia MinimIEed.
The silo is the easiest and cheapest
means Of storing the corn crop; the stock
eat leaves, stalks and husks; II is the only
means known by which live stock can be
Induced to eat the entire crop-coru, cob,
leaves, husk and stalk
Early beginners frequently cut and fil
their silos when the corn is too green
In the early use Of sllos this caused some
complaint, but today as people have prac-
tice II Is found that the corn should get
fully ripe and in fact should one seek 10
have his crop mature better. but instead Of
getting sufficient moisture the corn I'm n
measure dries up, the farmer can then
secure good ensIlage by adding a little
water-much better, In fact, than were IL
put In green and watery. In fact a case
is known where a large feeder placed his
corn In large shocks, securely bound them
and filled his silo the second time. using
as near as he could estimate about thirty
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INSTRUMENTATION set in It got hot and
was pronounced excellent ensllage at the
dairy meeting In Albert Lea by Professors
Shaw and Hacker.
More Value as Food.
In the making of corn into silage the
entire plant Is taken from the field at the
time when 1t contains nearly its maximum
OF digestihle nutrients, enabling the feeder
to have at his command I'm convenient
form, palatabe and succulent form OF
roughago. which more nearly corresponds
with pasture grass than does any other
food stuff. The silo affords, then, a means
OF adding one-fourth to one-third to the
ieeding value OF corn, the chief forage
plant No other method OF handling
rouBhaee produces so uniform product.
IN an experiment at the Kansas station a
value OF $565 per ton was obtained In feed
ing tsilage) TO fattening cattle
Prot. A. l.. Hacker OF the Nebraska Ag-
rlcultural college says, "One ton of silaEa
cost to put up IS cents one ton OF hay
NbO one ton OF sllage occupies fifty feet.
one ton of hay occupies 800 cubic feet
Until the feeder can find a food equal to
corn silage for even twice the cost. he had
better seriously consider the silo. An
acre of corn put in the silo I value at
Alh hon
says; Whereas It requires practically
three acres to pasture a COW a year an
acre in silage yielding only eight tons will
provide roughage for two animals for a
year and the land viii maintain with tb,.
use OF the sllo practically six times as
many cattle as II win under the present
pasturage system"
The effect of ensilage upon digestion f.
caused by the chemical changes. and the
feeding value Of silage is I'm a large meas
ure due to Its comparative richness in
nutrients especially suited for the nourish
ment Of cattle, it's ease of digestion as COM
pared with dry food its palatabiIty due to
It's aroma and succulence and the fact
that 1t aids In cooling the system and keep
ing Tree OF effete material and keeping
the circulation active. Silage fed ewes
usually produce strong and vigorous lambs
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a satisfactory aud economical food for
milk production,
Cheaper than Pasture.
The pasture method OF feeding cattle ia
expensive and the greater the land value
the more stock will II he necessary to keen
on the same area In order to correspond
ingly increase the profits from the land.
ASIDE nom the extravaganza OF pasturing,
II is Impossible to secure pasture in winter,
and even at the lowest estimate there are
six months OF each year when stock must
be fed some kind of prepared feed. The
greater number of head the more feed re-
quireo therefore the entire proposition mar
rows down to the question Of what is tho
most economical feed, considering cost and
food value.
Repeated experiments and demonstra
ions have proved that a good ration for
tattenlng cattle, Weighing 1000 pounds. and
the cost Of such ration is as follows:
Thirty lbs. clover hay at So per ton o.
Elght ibs. OF cornmeal at 1c per Id ... Sc
'Our ios' Oh oatmeal at lc per lb.......... &c
lolal'-'.'. '...,......................2 dc
The most successful feeders, however.
have found the following to be a better
daily ration for fettening cattle, weighing
iOO pounds each. and the cost OF same is
also SnOWni
Eorty lbs OF corn silage at 50 per tom. &c
len IDS: OF clover hay at Sc per tor. &c
nnfee IDS. or cornncal at tC per h.. Be-
TWO lbs. Of oatmeal at lc per lb......... ID.
Total.
saving I'm favor Of the last table is
shown in the different cost OF daily ration
amounting To . cents p,r head
Means Net saving.
saving and therefore net profit Of s. 70
per head. In six months-the lowest csti-
mate for time OF feeding-a saving OF SIG20
per head Is realized. Suppose that feeding
ten head Of cattle, or the equivalent in
other farm stock IN SIX months time ON
these ten head he have made a net saving
or net profit. Of 30, multiplied by ten. on
the sum Of Sl62 Tho rate Of saving remains
the same for any number Of head-smply