Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-15
SILO SAVES FORTY PER CENT
Will Pay for Its Cost During One
- Single Season.
MAKES THE BEST KIND OF FEED
VIII Provide summer Fecd In winter
for cattle, Producing More but
ter RAT Than was Before
ThouRht OF.


An exhibit depicting the great advantages
OF silo feeding and showing many Of the
modern forms OF silos win be an important
part ~ the land show.
Forty per cent Of the western corn crop
goes TO waste each year, a fact not gener-
ally known and percentage larger than
one would believe possible
Part OF the educational display Of the
Omaha land show VIII be devoted to lessons
ON the utilization OF this waste and the
conservation OF the corn crop. The silo
system, by which tho entire crop can be
made available for the feeding OF cattle
and by which the grain wealth Of the Ne
braska farm has already been sreatly in
creased, will be shown in detail to the Wis
itors at the show.
Prof A. l.. Hacker until recently the
he \ OF tho dairy department Of the Ne
brsska state College OF Agriculture, VIII
deliver a series Of lectures and conduct an
e..Ljbit showing the advantages to be had
& by the farmer in silo feeding.
But 90 per cent OF the total food value
OF the corn plant lie obtained from the
grain at tbc present time said Prof
Hacker In recent discussion Of his sub
jcct The remaining 40 per cent is in the
stalks and leaves which are now allowed
10 go to wuste and destruction AS "a total
loss in tho fields by the use OF the silo
this very valuable percentage can be turned
into money Not only is this very valuable
saving. cheap Il almost any price effected.
but IL Is done at very low cost The
process Of ensilage Is so inexpensive that a
silo equipment is paid for by its savings
for one year.
PAYS Cor Itself In One Year.
Another way to show the economic value
Tho 80 lac
Of the food that it saves with the cost of
it's production Ensilage is worth not less
than 50 a ton. probably much more. 1t
costs, with every possible item Of expend-
ture included. only sfs4 ton
1T Is difficult to write the value Of en-
siage in terms Of money, however, for the
reason that many Of it's properties which
have an actual and obvious value cannot
be measured. For instance, while an
analysis will show probably no more food
units than many another food, ensllage
has succulency, giving it much Of the prop
, critics OF grass This means that the stock
will eat more of II and assimulate 1t much
7 more readily. SIN, one cannot express that
value in figures. II takes far less space
toietore it than hay or other feeds. 1t has
found for-p pound nutrient quality, saving
j in storage space and the cost Of buildings
be fed in a short time with a minimum Of
y labor clearly something that is a great
saving.
EnsIIaEe Good for MIX.
Another and far greater consideration to
the dairy farmer Is the increased produc-
ton OF milk from the feeding of ensilage
1t has been proven beyond the possibility
OF controversy that cows can be made to
A.. IL. az
quantity by the feeding of ensilage. Yet
many of the creamery men will tell you
that they are receiving more than half of
their butter fat in three months of the
year BY the silo the farmer is enabled to
pu. butter fat upon the market at a time
when it is worth the most. The silo is
ono OF tho many scientific developments
which IS making the farm a source of divi-
dends the year around
Feed In summer and Winter.
In one OF the most productive dairying
districts in Wisconsin many OF the dairy
men own no pasture. Instead they feed
winter and summer on enslage The sue
cess OF the WISCONSIN dairymen IS by IT.
\ self argument sufficient to prove the great
Nxaiue and high feasibility OF the sllo.
\The necessity OF the silo IS highly APP
parent The reduction Of pasture areas,
fact made obvious by the subsequent high
cost OF corn and feeder cattle, has made
Il a serious question IL there Is a profit
in making beef out OF corn. In fact, many
stock feeders have suffered actual losses.
The value OF corn, has been doubled IN
the last ten years. The cost Of corn is
y more than twice a. high. The farmer Is
not getting twice as much for his stock.
sun 1 think, that he Is getting enough, The
problem has redrced itself 20 a matter OF
scientific feeding and the elimination of
waste. II by scientific methods ana the
saving OF a large amount OF feed now
wasted the problem can be met The silo
Is the solution OF the problem"
q Cast OF Production.
y Prof. Hackers figures on the cost OF
production OF enslage compiled from re-
Ports made BIZ sio makers in Iowa. Ne
braska. Kansas and Wisconsin, follows:
Rent Of land per acre.................S 50
Flowing and narrowing per acre.. ECO
Seed corn. per acre. 20
Planting, per acre. ....................... 80
narrowing and cultlvatng per acre. 2.25
Total per ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 8. 20
Average yield. per acre tons.......,.... -
Cost per ton TO grow. .,,,...,,,..,,.,. ~
Eleven men at g. per daN..............$2 2 90
Seven teams at s2s per day. ,......... is Is
one traction engine, per day,....,,,,.. $50
Ehglheer ''.'''ss.''' '''.''''''''''''''''' S'og
OcGl .-,,.......,.,.s'.. .s..s.,.s'.'.''.'''' 9ly
Board for men......,..........a...... 500
Total, .s5s Is
SiaEe cut per day, rs tons; cost TO put
w Silo per ton. ................. ......4.. ,7a
2 --7Igterest on money invested in so. .S25 o.
Interest ON money invested In ma
pspresIauon and repairs on siio and - "
machinery -, .......,..........., 80 o.
Taxes and Insurance. ......,.........,... 500
For lsO-ton silo............... S7S 90
For machinery and storage, per TOMS AS
Cost of growing per ton..,............. ~
Cost of putting In silo ................... IA
Total cost of corn snsge. per TONS "a
1t is safe to state that until the feeder
can find food equal to corn ensllage Tor
even twice the cost, he had better seriously