The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-06-04

AN ENERGETIC FAMILY SHOULD KEEP
NUMBER OF COWS.
two of them. Eight to ten acres of
corn will fill two 10 by % foot silos,
and, if an acre or two Of cowpeas or
soy beans can be mixed in, the feed
will be of the highest merit Silage
uses up the crop Clearly and gets all
the nutriment from the stalks, as well
as the grain. 1t is an excellent feed
In winter and unsurpassed for keeping
up the milk supply or pushing beef
production during summer droughts.
People who have had no experience
with silage are really astonished when
they see the results gained by its use.
Small farms must have restricted pas
lures, and all pastures are poor at
times. Silage keeps stock in good con-
dition, maintains milk production and
avoids the waste which otherwise
comes from describing cornstalks.
These are money making ideas and are
important on large places as well as
small ones. know successful farmer
who keeps thirty head of cows on
thirty acres of land. He has two silos
and does not use more than four or five
acres for pasture. Silage, alfalfa and
roots form 90 per cent of the feed re-
CURED. The other 10 per cent is bran
and linseed meal A very small proper
ton of the milk sold pays for these con-
centrates That kind of management
is seen in all projects around his farm.
Good silage properly fed is all CON
sumed and in addition very palatable.
Like other succulent feeds, it has
beneficial effect upon the digestive
organs. and more stock can be kept on
given area of land when it Is the
basis of the ration. On account of the
smaller cost for labor, silage can be
used for supplementing pastures more
economically than can soiling crops
unless only a small amount Of supple
mentary feed is required. Converting
the corn crop into silage clears the land
sooner than if the corn crop Is shock
ed husked, and because Of these ad-
yantages, silage, in the general opinion
of dairy farmers, has increased milk
production per COW and has increased
the profits per acre. In all parts of the
United States where the silo has come
into general use the principal sflage
crop Is corn. One reason for this Is
that ordinarily corn will produce more
food material to the acre than any
other crop which can be grown. 1t Is
more easily harvested and put into the
silo than any of the hay crops, such
as clover. cowpeas or alfalfa. Further
more, corn makes an excellent quality
of silage. The legumes. such as clover
and alfalfa, are liable to rot unless spe-
cial care is taken to pack the silage
thoroughly and force the air out
1t is also necessary for American
farmers to improve their pastures for
the economic production of milk and
beef For permanent pasture we want
wider range of grasses, including
timothy, alsike. white clover, blue grass
and orchard grass. These will succeed
on a wide range of soils. Five pounds
each of timothy. redtop and alsike.
with two pounds of white clover, give
fine results. with possibly three of
bluegrass. The little white clover will
spread as>po other clover will and Gov
er the ground In the face of great OBJ
stacles. II will grow and flourish on
almost any kind of soil and should be
included in any grass seed mixture in
tended for permanent pasture. 1t vol
unteers year after year. and the pas
lures and roadsides are often covered
with 1t even after blue grass has given
up the fight