The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-04-24
Feeding and Growing
of Cattle

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very promising future for this line
of farm work. The free cattle
range of the Western prairies is now
a thing of the past Cheap beef
was produce in that way but can
not be done any more, 50 the farms
must produce the beef for the future
as they have always produced the
dairy stock.
The present remunerative prices
for both beef and dairy products
promise to be maintained in the
future because the demand is con-
stantly growing, while the supply is
falling behind.
To any thinking man there is
much to encourage the growing of
cattle on the farm. Tennessee is
highly favored by Nature for this
line of business for' the farmer.
The mild and short winters, the
long growing seasons, the rich
pastures of bluegrass and lespedeza,
never failing streams of running
water on almost every farm are
some of the advantages Nature gives
Tennessee
Our population is increasing very
fast. The towns and cities are
growing out of all proportion to the
country. The people of the cities
must be fed. 1t is the farmers
business to feed them and he 81 ould
arrange his methods of agriculture
" 18th view to that fact. He can
grow and feed cattle Oil the farm at
good profit if he studies his bust.
pess. He must have a good grade
of cattle and he must feed them
economically; prepare for his bust
ness so as to get the most out OF it;
feed what h9 grows on the farm to
the cattle and by returning the
manure to the land he will at the
same time improve the fertility of
his farm, SO he can hold both ends
OF the rope.
To feed live stock on the farm
economically the use Of the silo is
indispensable. By its use he can
almost double the feeding value of
his corn crop. He can make ten
acres if planted in corn for the silo,
worth as much in feeding value as
twenty acres fed out as dry food.
So then he does not need to cult
vate 80 many acres to grow the
necessary food and is able to keep
more of his farm in grass and pas
ture, resting it up, go that when it
comes into its regular rotation he
will get larger Yields to pay him for
his labor and year after year pro-
duce more per acre of whatever crop
he may plant.
The silo is no longer an expert
ment but we'll established fact and
should be used on every farm be-
cause of its economy. And fortu-
nateIy they are within the reach Of
the small farmers as we'll as the
large ones, because they can be built
of different material and different |
sizes and with wide range in the
cost of construction. The concrete
silo is the most lasting. but its cost |
of construction places it out of reach
financially of many small farmers.
The patented factory built stave
silos are more generally used and
give good results but some small
farmers fear the cost of even these,
but they need not be cut off from
the use of silage and its benefits,
because of silo cost, for they can
build their own round stave silos on
the farm for about onesthird the
cost of the factory built structure
that will answer their purpose just
as well.
A fifty-ton silo can be built by
the farmer himself for about one
dollar per ton capacity. One such I
is now in use in Maury County that
has been filled and fed out twenty
years; has always made good silage
and has paid for itself every year.
Fifty tons of good silage will feed
twenty head of beef or dairy cattle