The Nevada County picayune., 1916-07-13

] Lhbl COuSiusfAliOn. A SlNth dlhOuht of corn in the form of silage will pro duce more milk than the same amount when shocked and dried There is less waste in feeding silage than in feeding fodder Good silage, properly fed, s all consumed. Converting the corn crop into silage clears the land and leaves 1t ready for another crop sooner than if corn Is shocked and husked.
 Almost any green crop can be sue cessfully made into silage if sufficient care is taken to force out the air from the material On account of the diff culty, however, of expelling air from plants with a hollow stem, such as timothy, oats and barley these crops are rarely put into the silo
 In all parts of the United States where the silo has come into general use, the principal silage crop is corn. One reason for this Is that ordinarily corn will produce more food material to the acre than any other crop, ex- cept sorghum Corn makes an excel lent quality of silage. Since some dry forage should always be fed with the silage, it is better to use the legumi- nous hay in this way than to convert the crop Into silage.
 Tn some sections it is common practice to plant the corn a little thicker when raised for silage than for grain. Weeds should be kept out, or they will be cut with the corn and may impair the quality of the silage. The amount of silage that can be obtained from an acre of corn will vary from four to twenty tons or more. A 0-bushel-per-aCre crop Of corn will yield about to 12 tons of silAge per acre. depending upon the amount of foliag, and stalk that ac- companies the ear. Southern yarie- ties of corn, as rule. carry larger portion of the plant in the form oi stalk and leaves than do the Northern grown varieties,
 Corn should be harvested for the silo at about the same tune that it k harvested for fodder; that is, when the grain has become glazed and the lower leaves of the stalk have turned brown.
 Snage made from immature corn Is not only less nutritious, but also moro acid than that made from more ma ture corn The corn should not be al lowed 10 become thoroughly ripe and dry. however, because stalk and fol. age are rendered more difficult 10 q cest. and besides. he corn Canno be packed into the silo tightly enougH to prevent fire fansinc' without using excessive amounts Of water.
 Sorghums both sscohariue and nor sacchArine. are readily made into s' laEe. on account of their supcrorit n corn as droucht.resistinG crops the are more dependable and yield nor tonnage in some sections The Kan sas station reports that if the sor xhums are harvested al the proper stage of maturity that is. when th, seed has become hard they vii make silage which is less acid am more pslatable than silage made from corn Furthermore, it's experiments indicate that there is little difference in the feeding values of these sifage, It is important that the sOrghums b. harvested at the proper state of ma turity if the best results are to b secured A mixture Of corn and sor ghum has proved satisfactory in som localities where the rainfull was so variable as 70 make the corn crop un- certain
 Silaee is the best and cheapest sul stitute for grass which Is the bes known COW feed 2 given acreage O. silage crops will produce more feed than it would If used for pasture, hay or other rouEhaEe Suage keeps the digestive organs in good condition. adds bloom and finish and increases he milk flow The sllo can be filled during rainy weather that would ruin hay or fodder The cost Of filling the silo is not greater than chat of shock ing and shredding Suaee is the cheapest and best supplements for short pastures in summer The loss caused by lack Of teat lu summer is ss great as that dvA 70 improper feed ma in winter SHIse makes use Of the whole plaat. and si]age Of good quality $ all eaten.
 A farmer cannot lGpyd to build a slio if he has lawre man slN or eight cows and young cattle. and he cannot afford to be without a silo # he has ten or more head t Is not advisable to tsed silage to hogs, and it should be fed to horses and nslles very spar insly at first, and moldy silage will poison these animals.