The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-08-25
ANDERSON COUNTY IS
RAISING LIVE. STOCK
ADVICE TO THE INTERESTED
FARMERS
BULLETIN is ISSUED
Chamber Of Commerce Is Striving
To Aid Live Stock Association
Here

oihCc TIC organization OF the AN
derson County Live Stock Association
in the quarters Of the chamber OF com.
mcrcc. last spring. there has been sc
much interest evinccd in live stock
and hogs that there has sprung UT
quite considerable interest in the
building Of silos in this region
Therefore the agricultural bureau OF
the chamber OF commerce yesterday
issued the following bulletin to all
farmers:
Many men will fill silos for the
first time this year. and some infor-
nation as to when and how to fill q
silo may not be out of place.
The greater part Of the silage this
ycac, in the Panhandle. will be made
from kafir. milo, feterita and sweet
aorphum. The proper time to cut this
feed for silagc is when the seed are
In the stiff dough stage and the bot
tom leaves begin to turn brown, for
Mt this stage the plant will have its
maximum nutritive value and yet be
green enough to keep we'll in the silo.
The FED should DO cut with a row
binder. ns this is the most ccopom
ical method when one hn. large
amount to cut.
In hauling the feed from the field
IN the suo. wagon with low-fiown
bed ie much better than one with a
regular hay frame. as the green hun
dlc1 are rather heavy to lift. .
Enough wagons should be used to
keep the feed hauled out of the field
as fast as-it is cut Do not leave the
feed In the, field to wilt and become
partly cured before putting into the
silo, as a part, OF the nutritive value
may be lost, and II dry 1t will not keep
as we'll. 1t is especially advisable to
take as large q load as possible each
trip, for al the feed IS green loads Of
largo bulk can not be handled. and IL
n wagon is only partly loaded each
time the expense OF filling the silo
will be greatly increased. If one has
strong wagons and good drivers.
fonr-horse teams may be used TO adj
si1age should 81 e be IS cu. into into one.na,,
inch lengths, as it packs in much
closer than when, left longer, thus
crowding out tho mir. and the silage
Keeps better. The capacity of the clio
increased and there is less waste in
feeding. as all will be eaten,
Inc power required to run the sil-
age cutter. with blower attached, Is
ordinarily figured at one horse power
for each inch, Of cutter-that is, is
inch cutter ,W1ll require a Is horse
power gasoline engine. but in filling
pit silo where no blower is required,
only about half this power Is needed.
One Of the most, II not the most,
important part in filling silo Is the
packing of the silage The. silsge
must be packed well IL 1t is to keep,
for this packing forces ont the air
and the essential thing in making
silago Is the exclusion of air. II air
spaces are left in tho silo. large
amounts Of silage will be lost. In a
silo 12 feet in diameter and with a
small cutter, nse two or, more men.
In large silos' and filling with large
cutters, keep three or more men in
the silo aud sec: that they tramp oil
the time. Pack tho edges next to the
wall. the middle will take care of
itself. !. Il, j.
When tho feed is green, no water
hccd be added In making silage, but
If the feed has begun to dry or euro
In the field some water should be
run into the silo with the cut feed.
This Is done to bring the moisture
contents OF the feed neasarl to it's nat
ural state. to make the feed pack
down better. ana help exclude the air
One. safe rule In this matter. would
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