East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-20
S|lAGE
IS DISAPPOINTING
C1IAS. TULLLS FINDS HAY WILL
DO AS WE'LL AND Is
CHEAPER
Convinced of Error Local Dairyman
VIII Try Corn Silage Next Summer
Prof. Holden While Here Advised
Against Use of Alfalfa Silage.

That alfalfa silage is not success
such as he anticipated and that the
feeding of alfalfa hay will bring Just
as good results as the silage is the
belief of Charles Tullis, local dairy
man, who erected a silo on his place
last summer and has been feeding
alfalfa silage this win,er. He be-
lieves that corn silage will be good
however, and is planning to put up
corn next summer If he can secure
land on which to raise the corn.
"I am convinced that alfalfa silage
is not profitable" said Mr. Tullis to
the East Oregonian today. 1--WE put
our silage up properly and I have
been told 1t Is alright But it seems
to do little good. I don't believe 1t
Is any better than feeding hay and
l am not going to put up any more
alfalfa silage unless I can be guar
teed better results than have
secured so far"
According to Mr.. Tullis he was not
advised by agricultural experts to try
alfalfa silage but he saw no reason
why it should not be good and SO
gave it a trial. The only people he
has found insisting on the value Of
alfalfa silage have been men who
are in the business of selling silos,
Even all of those men are not ad
vising alfalfa silage as he has had
letters from one company stating
| that they were in doubt as to the
value of using alfalfa in this way.
1t will be remembered that Prof.
Holden who was here recently and
spoke at the Commercial club dis
couraged the use of alfalfa silage, ad-
vising instead the feeding of alfalfa
hay
Silage is prepared by chopping the
hay. corn or whatever feed Is used
and packing 1t in strongly built silos
which, when covered over become air
tight. The silage becomes cooked
| and Is fed out during the winter
months. Corn is generally used for
making silage.
Milton Birds TO CaiirOrnla-B. F.
Williams, propagation of the Naples
bred-to-lay strain OF Buff Plymouth
| Rocks, this week shipped consign-
ment of dozen pullets and cock
erel to Milwaukee, near Portland
and handsome young cockerel to
California, says the Milton Eagle. The
| last shipment made seven cockerels
which have gone from the Williams
pens to California during the presen,
season.
Bought High Price Land-Josepf
Key has purchased two 40-acrt
tracts Just adjoining Athena, one
place having been purchased Of Pau
Bushman Jr., and the other Of Mrs
Clark. A price of $110 per acre wa.
paid for the land, according to the
Athena Press.
Poultry Show For Milton-Definit
plans for holding the second vale,
poultry show in Milton some tim,
during January of the new year, wer,
formulated at joint meeting Of tn
Milton Commercial club and loca
bird fanciers last Thursday night.
Cattle to Hudson Bay-McBrid
Bros. and John Narkaus have round
ed up their cattle from their noun
tain ranges and taken 200 head t
the Hudson Bay country where the
will be pastured OH the Shubert plac
during the winter.
Potatoes at $1.25-Rudolph Proeb
stel has been marketing a portion @
his spud crop in Pendleton accord
ing to the Weston. Leader and ha
been getting price Of $1.25 a sack
/,
weston Land Sold-Miss Aim
Barnett has sold a 40-acre tract o
land northwest of Weston to NJ. /
Watts Of Athena.
SAVED BEER AND LET
THE BUILDING BUR.