Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-05-22

not make az good hay a. some Of the
others. and this ~ another good Tcas-
on for making them into silaRe. Field
peas, although very good. can usually
be made into hay.
Barley, Wheat Rye and Cats.
Some feeders report very good sue
cess with these cropg when they are
cut a little green. However. as the
stalks contain so much air. they must
be carefully trampod TO keep. and al
though they can be used TO advantage
In some cases, Il would not be advls-
able 10 plant than for this purpose.
beet Tops.
In sections where sugar becls are
grown, the tops are often put into
the sil0 with good success. They
must he wen trnmped "a avoid spoil
ing. and are not rellehed 10 much by
animals as the corns and aorghums.
Roots.
A for the root crops. there ~ moth
Ing gained by putting them into a.
10, AZ they can be preserved or COW
cred over In holes dug IN the ground
and when fed In this way make Just
az good feed.
Russian ThistIes
As this weed - so persistent IN
some sections. a great many attempts
have been made 10 utilize Il In some
way u has been tried 20 some ex-
tent IN the silo. but the best that can
be said for II Is that Il furnishes y
means of subsistence Is animals dur
ing a time OF drought or scarcity OF
feed. Where a person hes not enough
Of the other crops 10 I'LL his siiu or
can dig very cheap SllO IN the
gruund. hu can utilize quite a large
amount of the thistles and II cut when
green aud juicy. beI0re tho thorma
are hardened. he has done a great
deal toward Graduating them from
the farm. and AT the same time has
"A feed that win maintain stock. How
ever. there II very little nourlshment
Ia the thistle and large amount OF
woody fibre. which makes them more
or less unpalatabie. They are very
hard % pack we'll in the sllo and a
great many small places of spoiled
sisage are likely 10 be- found when
feeding
The different kinds of mlliet may
under some conditions be put into the
sllo. but no data seems % be avail
able that would prove II 20 be Inn
portant as Eilo crop. Although ID
coud be grown to milk with kalir or
milo, nothing would be gained. as
* would not Increase the value Of the
silagc as would g lrgunsnous crop.
A great many by-pr0ducts can very
probably be- used for SLIDING where
they are available. and some Of them
make very valuable additions % the
ration wnen properly preserved
Among these are beet pulp, apple pu-
mace ana sorghum bngHsee. foi
those living near beet factories. thu
pulp h often available. and Il report
ed rs persons who have used u 20
be much reliahed by stock. II u
very Watury and packs well. aud be-
cause OF this Il h not necessary y
construct such deep wilo.
Mixed Crops.
Sometimes two Or more crops. s'ich
as kafir, milo and cane. are planted
together alternating the rows; 81
such crops a. field peas. cuwpeas and
beans are planted In the corn rows
| The former IL usually pructlcet
wncro the cane yields heavily eiia
| the milo or knfir n planted so that
| the sllage will contain less acid. The
| reason for planting some lcgumin0u,
crop In thu corn rows Is, fifst, q
] make d larger yield. and second, q
mako a more balanced feed, The
great trouble with this II that tbs
two crops hardly reach the sams
stage OF maturity al the same time
and again. such a crop " very incon
vcnlent to handle.
An crops for the sllo should b
grown thicker than where they are
grown TOR grain and nearly all O
them should be allowed 20 matur'
well or the grain 20 harden before
they are cut.