The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1914-09-04
MORE ABOUT
SILOS-SILAGE
Their Value in Feeding
Set Out in Booklet
BY N. C. & St. L. Ry.

We gladly call the attention of
our readers to the following ar
ticle by Judge Robert Ewing, of
Nashville, concerning the value
Of silage in stock feeding, and
commencing the booklet on the
subject recently published by the
Agricultural division of the N.
G. & st. L. Ry's Traffic Depart
ment. The booklet may be had
free of cost by addressing, L. P.
Bellah, General Agent, Nash
vile, Tenn.
If the State of Tennessee is to
become and there is every rea-
son why it should soon become
one of the main live stock rails
ing states in the Union, one
thing will be absolutely necessa-
ry, and that is that live stock
raisers shall learn how to pro-
vide themselves with the best
and cheapest winter food for
their stock.
The Industrial Department of
the N. G. & st. L. Ry., which
has done and is doing so much to
aid the farmers of the State, and
particularly in inducing them to
enter more actively into the
raising of all kinds of live stock.
realizes that this is the fact. 1t
has, therefore, issued a pamph-
let entitled "Silos- Silage" for
the information of stock raisers
along its lines. The purpose of
the pamphlet may be said to be
three-fold; first, to show that the
preservation in proper form for
winter use OF the feed-stuf pro-
duced on the farm is necessary
to success in stock raising; sec
ondly, to show how this can be
done most economically; third,
that the, actual use on the farm
of this preserved food in the
maintenance of cattle through
the winter is the best market
which the farmer can find for
these products.
The price of good beef cattle is
now so high and so certain to
remain so that profit is
sure to come if the bust
ness of raising cattle is con-
Quoted with any sort of care.
But why not conduct the bust
ness in the best and most sensi-
BILE way, and get out of it all the
profit that can be gotten? If
cattle are to increase in flesh
they must be fed literally, and
the main body of their food
should be raised on the farm and
preserved for later use. If he
has no food)laid by for the stock
on hand their immediate sale is
necessary. This may be the case
with SO many improvident ones
that the market may be temper
arily gorged with disappoint-
ing prices resulting. But if
this necessity for sale is not
forced on the stock raiser be-
cause of supply of food on
hand, then he can wait and sell
when he chooses and when the
market best suits him. No fear
then for the butcher is sure to
be knocking at his door. He
has made himself independent.
1t is potent, therefore, that
stock raisers must do two things
provide for the raising of ma
terial for silage sufficient for the
stock to be carried, and to pre-
serve this in perfect condition in
a suitably constructed silo. The
silo has proven itself to be the
very thing needed for this pur-
pose, and every intelligent far
mer in the State appreciates this.
The only question is what kind
and size to build. On those
points this pamphlet gives the s
fullest information and most s
practical suggestions. What to l
do and what to avoid to insure
success in construction are clear
ly shown. Illustrations and es-