Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-10
IMPORTANT S|LO MEETING
HELD HERE THIS AFTERNOON

ZION OF the SKIN, a evidenced IN iia
piiahle. mellow condition. and the
sofiness aud Ulster Of the coat Of
hair Animals usually eat sound
silage with a relifh. and reject o.
only when decay D. present For
mileh cattle q fecnB especially we'll
adapted and the siIo has proved an
important and eco omical addition
90 tho dairy farm
Agricultural Education. Vol Co.
49, 4 issued by thc Kansas state
Agricultural College
Relative Food Value.
ln the making oil corn into silaro
tho entire plant H. taken from tho
field at the time hen II contains
nearly ts maximum of dieestihlc nu-
trients and IL preserved In a manner
which enables he feeder 20 have
|at bls command IN convenient form
'a palaiable and suorulent form OF
rouFhago which more nearly cores
ponds with pasture rrass tnan does
amy other foodstuff. A. viii be shown
loo Subsequent section the losses Boz
nuirifige value in good silo are
considerably less than in the best
form of field curing From 30 90
90 per cent Of The dlgesliblo nutri-
cnts of The corn plant are ln The stalk
and loafes and these are nearly CO..
entirely wasted In ordinary Kansa'
practice The lilo affords then q
means OF addinr on fourth 10 one
third to tho feeding value of corn
our chief FORAGE plaut
shortage of Moisture Tor Iull Grain
crop
Owing 20 the climatic conditions OF
the state of Kansas. the silo is par
tIrular'F adapted a. use n this
state Practically every season q
good growth of iorarc b. secured aud
the corn develops g. the stage iu
which It should be cut for silare. or
nearly 20 that stage The lack OF
moisture 90 there be- ans lack. usual.
ly comes 100 that stage when tho
moisture ls needed 20 finish out
rho crop The past season ttpUpl
ig an excellent example of what De-
almost always experienced in great
or or loss degree In some portion of
The state Had each farm &C. filo in
which a sufficient amount of forage
could have been STORED for the needs
of the stock II would have resulted
ZOO the saving IN this state OF millions
of loddar worth Of food that could
have been turned into hieh-prirci
meat or bultcr-iai Tho forage pro-
duccd under the unfayorable weather
conditions of last summer and UNI
stored has been rendered OF little
value by the wind. rain. mud and
snowy weather Of ne unusually Sc
we're winter.
other Remarks. IN Brief Form
Economics storage space feed
safe from weather. In convenient
|RINi To- I'fN. AN|IhllN wv NNAlNNi
Average cost OF production OF sllago
crop and Killing hlo. $500 per ton
Worth between $500 and $500 per
Ton as feed In comparison with OH
er feeds Dolol The land will
maintain with tho use OF the alo
practically six times as many cattle
as It will under The pasturarc sys
tenn These facts were proven al the
Virginia station, s supplement- Co
pacturos In the middle OF summer
when the heat aud flies are most
Troublesome. nviur expensive shrin
kaeo. and AZ a low cost \ yer, CON
siderable saving iu the cost of pro.
duction of beef and OF butter TAT hy
the use of the silo Mr. Humphrey
Jones. writing In Wallacc's Farmer
SAYS that he produces twice as much
beef from the same farm as he aid
before be- began using the silo So
.ccds over 1OoO tons of sila1c an.
uually