The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-04-02
siLo INDISPENSABLE
Advantages OF the silo Over the Old
Methods OF Preserving the Field
Field Crops for Animal Food

pounds ~ stalks raised are lost by
feeding fodder. as ordinarily cut and
shocked and allowed to remain In
the field month or longer.
2. Because an investment of $3.50
TO 500 In a slo will net you a great
er profit than tbs same amount Of
money can possibly do when invest
ed In stocks or bonds.
3. Because II greatly reduces the
daily cost OF feeding work horses.
8. Because silage has been tested
carefully on cows. steers. horses.
sheep and calves. and It's feeding
value fully determined
6. Because every particle Of silaee
Is eaten or utilized in some way.
Z Because Il IL less work to feed
silage In the winter than II Is to feed
fodder from the field shocks or the
stack.
= because IL takes less work 10
load tho freshly cut fodder on a low
down wagon for the purpose of haul
ing Il 10 the ensilase cutter. than II
does 10 carry the bundles 70 shocks
and tie each shock
q Because you sustain an una.
voidable loss. even though you stack
the fodder This stacking. n done
too early. heats and blackens the
fodder n the air Is not moist AZ the
time Of handling 'he bundles. there
is loss due 10 the breaking of the
stalks and scattering Of leaves while
stacking. which Is impossible To avoid
and tho rains and SHOWS damage a
very lsrEs per cent Of stacked fod-
der.
ia. Because u makes you more
money on the amount Invested than
you can make on bank stock or
bonds. or railroad stock On fodder
yiciding about 10 tons Of silage per
scre this difference per acr. in 70,
vor OF silase Ia about Is. or fla2.-
so for 10 acres on . ailo costing
S2ss. you have saved s. per cent
the first year. suppos. that you Dor.
row the money at ! per cent and
make an exceptional allowance ~
$40 per year for d~pr-cistion on the
value Of the silo You can stir Dc.
clare dividends ranging from ~ 10
- per cent.
II. because Il Is good for steers.
and that portion Of the undigested
grain IN the manure % the silage
fed steers is consumed By hogs FOL
lowing. and as a result there - no
loss In the manure whatever.
~ Because silage keeps the bowels
0f horses. sheep. cows. steers and
calves In az near natures condition
as II IL possible 10 do. ShaEe has
no substitute In this regard u Is alb
solutely the cheapest and best. No
stock food on earth IN cost or bowel
regulating qualities.
IL because silage produces .
pound OF milk and butter for less
money than you can produce Il with
any other feed on the farm rhirty
TO 40 pounds Of silage. With ) pounds
OF hay per day and or 10 pounds
OF grain per COW giving. ssy. Is 10 30
sounds OF miIk daily. viii produce
butter for about lie per pound
IL. because the Mississippi Eperi-
ment Stations exhsuslsse test with
ss7 dairy cows proved conclusively
that they produced batter.fat In win.
ter for SC per pound less on silsge
and grain fed COWS than they did
with hay and grain fed cows What
does this mean In dollars and cents
TO youy Place a value on the food
consumed by your cows Suppose
you have rs cows: assume that each
COW IL giving pound Of butteriat
a day. you are saving &c per COW.
multiplied by 10 equals si.35 per day.
or 5000 per month by feeding silAsc
and grain instead OF hay and grain,
That would amount TO t2t3 In six
months on rs cows VIII that pay
Are you doing anything that pays bet
teri Suppose the cows are giving
little or no milk for two months In
the winter and that they are due 10
no fresh IN March or April They
should be fed as literally as though
producing pound butter.fat per day.
70 that In either case YOU are saving
Is per cent on the food cost Of car.
Ing for those cows
u. Because 10 tops of silage can
be stored In the uama space occupied
BY one ton Of ordinary has.
"a because the vsrmont Expert
ment station prodnceQ ga worth
more mia on one acre, on corn and