The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-04-23

some nave h0Nefbely cTlDtlh'u ~
lage as feed. and It's performance
one man said 10 the writer. IL "un'
der test
Some Of the more common object
tons are, that ID causes decayinR
of the teeth "washy' flesh. sour
stomach. deranged digestive organs
loss OF appetite for other and bet
ter feed. etc.
To this section. silage and silage
feeding is practically an innovation
but few having had experience; and,
as usual IL mas met with the fate
OF most new ideas, more or less. shall
We say prejudice?
These indictments are of the II
am told" variety, principally. and
none OF them have any foundation
on fact.
Gohert, French farmer. published
a Manual of the Culture and Silo-
ing OF Maize and other Green Crops
in 1877. covering % years Of the
most practical experience. The fol-
lowing year Francis Morris. Oakland
Manor. Howard county. Maryland
built the first silo in America. The
next three years here productive OF
many enlightening books and Inmph.
let's. treating Of silage and It's produc.
ton Since that time Il is estimated
by Prof Henry. at least 100 600 silos
have been built in the United States.
IN his Feeds and Feeding Prof.
". A. Henry. d. Sc, d. Ayr, Profess
sor, emeritus. Of agriculture. says:
silage is pre.eminently feed for
the dairy COW In almost equal de
gree. IL is necessity with breeding
cattle. growing stock. and Young ami
mails. which would otherwise be win
tered exclusively on dry forage
Silage tends 10 keep the bowels nor
NAL the body tissues sappy. the skin
piiant and the coat glossy all OF
which mark the animals IA in condi
ton 10 make the most from their
feed This is also true Of fattening
cattle At the Utah station. Sanhorn
found that the flesh OF steers led
sflage contained per cent more
water than the flesh Of others led
dry forage"
This. coming from the greatest au-
Iho1ty of al lime. on feeds and
I. eding. effectually disposes Of hear.
say objections TO silage The writer
has been unable 20 ind mention Of
the evil effects above mentioned. In
any OF the experimental reports Of
silage feeding nor has any feeder
.ound these difficulties. so far as the
writer knows. II these many evils 3
pr any Of them, existed there would
be- al least some mention OF them
By someone during the last s5 years
81 feeding silage in the United /.
sntes
The matter 0f economy alone Is
'u0ugh 20 make the silo a necessity
IN every farm in the land Reason
he question from a common sense
dollars and sensel standpoint On
summer. the ideal season for cattle
% put ON flesh. native grasses usu.
lily supplant any feeding operations
or the simple fact that cattle pre-
er the green grass 10 any dry feed.
Also. ~ that season fat cattle are
coming To market from cheap grass.
Silage. being only preserved green
ced. offers the nearest approach to
he grasses OF summer. Combined
with dry feed and grain. IL will put
m fat at the least expense.
King Of the Wisconsin station.
ound that the average for four trt-
is. excepting the immediate top and
,ottom layers. resulted in not over
, 10 per cent loss OF dry matter OF
'ilaged corn. Ten trials. by four sta
ions. give a greater loss OF dry mat
or and crude protein in dry cured
'orn than in ensiled corn. This. no
ioubt. would be equally true OF 9th.
" fodder. Also. take note that this
rude protein is the valuable part OF
,ur greatly priced cotton-seed cake.
In the many trials to find the per.