Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-04-28

APRIL 20, 1913.
one Or more silOs
siIage used for beef production
gives large Income per acre When
farmer lacks capital but has well
filled silos be- can borrow all the
money be needs for feeders az q low
rate silage fed 10 ATTENDING cat
DE will bring profits quickly.
The silo is not only going % Sc
cure profits for Oklahoma farmers
from winter feeding q Be- going 10
become one of their chief standbys
boz summer whenever pastures get
dr.. silage Vill be- fed and the cat
fle tlll keep on making as good
gains when the drought .s severe as
they did when pasture was al f.
best
The better the green material put
into the siiO. the more valuable VIII
be- the silage There is just one
crop that b will always pay the on
lahOma farmer 10 raise for silage---
Kanr The large cattle feeders o.
Blaine county say that u Is waste
pf time 10 fool. with other crops
sometimes other crops will pay. but
Kanr pays every year on every kind
of ground These men feed many
thousand beef cattle every year
Kanr for silage should be- grown
20 produce the largest yield OF grain
per acre and should be cut and
pat BOO The silo when the seed is IN
the dough Particular attention
should be- paid 10 selecting Kafir for
seed that is OF the type that yields
high Boo grain
Large Profit From small Silo
Nr Nicholas Reding. Oklahoma
.C.'y put 100 tons OF kanr IN silo
last ialI llc bought ln the stock
Yards. 3G two year old steers. He
mttcucd them Boo 90 days. feeding
kaur sllago. cotton seed meal and
corn chop The steers cost Si5 80
head when FAT they sold FOR $50.
70 q head. "a total increase IN value
from feeding ct S1337iO. All the
feed except the silago cost S2SG 30
BE- ted g. tons OF silago The gross
returns for the silagr labor and
investment were S107O.gO.
The steers consumed daily per
head go pounds kanr silage. three
pounds ct corn and kanr grain and
about pounds of dry roughago
The total expense for feed except the
silago was as follows
IS sacks cotton seed meal Sl22 81
/ 200 hu corn and katlr .... 200 on
| I ~ tons of alfalfa hay ZOO
% tons straw and kaNr fod 27oo
Total ........ ........ S2t6 90
The steers averaged ESQ pounds
per head when they went into the
feed Dot During the 80 days they
made au average gain OF 2SS lbs
each They we're bought for $3.50
and sold for $40 per hundred lbs
live weight
Mr. Redinr's chief business is
raising horses and ne fed the kafir
siage TO them as well as 10 the
steers
Hc started feeding silage TO II
horeos aud colts and Increased the
lumber 20 Is head Ills average
ration through the winter was 20
pounds OF silage per horse daily An
the HORSES rplIshod the sllaec and did
we'll he did not have case OF
collie while feeding the silage His
work HORSES received silagc as we'll
ls the others
The Kafir was raised ON hard
upland That not put m the silo
'Hrcshed out "a bushels au acre
Twenty acres OF Kafr were put BOO
the silo Taking the gross returns
received from the steers and not
considering AZ an the silagc eaten hy
fho horses the gross returns, were
S5l an acre for the Kanr.
Mr. Bediug has ordered another
s.Io The capacity of the second
ONE viii bee l75 tons. tie bought q
i4U-iuch silagc cutter at cost OF
S-., and hired an engine by the
day 10 run &c.