The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-04-17
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OF the best Investments q farmer ca
make for his farm. This knowledg
4 has been gained by personal talk
with hundreds Of farmers who hav
sfl0s. Every farmer who has a silo
satisfied customer" Last white
a Crawford county farmer told me !,
looked upon the silo to furnish hin
with winter pasture" ~
A man who knows, says: THE sill
combines more good things and bring
greater profits than any other buildin'
on the farm 1t provides cheap an
convenient place to store all the crop
II makes 1t possible to keep NOR
v stock on the farm, which means NOR
4 manure for the land; 1t insures sue
Il culent feed in the winter and in dr..
y spells when pastures fail, it take
care OF the crop and clears the liant
for early fall blowing; it. make
cheep beet and milk ... ~.
The acids and the juices in tn,
silAge aid digestion and help thu
stock utilize other feeds, such as oa
straw and other cheap ruffage. Ont
of the good things about the silo Ii
that any OF the forage crops properl,
sliced make good feed, but corn /,
tie best crop for the silo. The silt
ID usually filled ut the slack season
Of the year. In building q silo. thu
Essential point IL to have 1t air tight
u z. Woodland. Of the dairy division
n the United States. furnishes twelve
rood reasons why every farmer shoulG
have silo. Everyone OF them touch
% some spot Of vital importance:
1. More feed can be stored in q
given space In tho form Of silage
AN than IN the form Of fodder or hay.
4. There 10 smaller loss Of
food uaaterial when Z crop is made
into silAge, than when cured as
q fodder or hay.
s. Corn silage is q better feed
than corn fodder.
4. An: acre OF corn can be placed
ID the silo ut less. cost than the
same saros can be husked and
shredded. ...-... .
5. Crops can be put in the sllo
during weather that could not be
utilized in making hay or curing
fodder.
s. More stock can be kept on =
given area Of land when silage Is
the basis Of the ration.
Z. There IL less waste in feed
Ing silsSs than In feeding fodder.
Good silaSe properly fed is all
consumed. ssg'sa, ~. ~
o. silage is very palatable. I :.
8. ailage, Me other succulent
feeds, has 8 beneficial effect up.
on tho digestive organs.
iOJ 6ilage Is the cheapest and
best form IN which a succulent
feed can be provided for winter
h t1se. d 5&'
IL. Silage can be used for sup.
plementingpasture more economi'
cally than can soiling crops, be.
cause 1t requires less labor, and
silage 10 more palatable.
~. Converting the corn crop
into silage cleans the land and
fleaves It ready for another crop.
10. ~. -
Corn IL sKink and the COW is Queen
Only the corn crop exceeds the daif1
Droducts as q source OF income u
7 the farmers Of the nation. 1t Is quite
necessary that each COW on the farm
I be tested, and, II she is not produc
!, ", be sent to the slaughter pen. Lad!
Oak, q Holstein COW, proved her worti
q producer. This great COW In on
day produced in the form OF milk
human food equal fl value to the foot
contained In the body Of q calf weigh
INK l15 pounds. In q years record
this COW produced 1913 pounds OF tat
ell pounds Of protein. and l,Ob'
rounds of carbohydrates. This pro
Suct was oqual to 266 calves weightnl
1S6 pounds each, Or AZ calves wei6n
n 400 pounds each: % yearling
WeixhinE 500 pounds. each, or NV
eteers WSighing HOO pounds each
Her daily yield OF solids In white
vas equal to 22.3 pounds Of gain Il
n steer. While that was certainl.
~ GOOD record, but that Is not tn
reason I publish It. What l desir'
"a bring out Is this fact: If she hat
been in . herd Of cows, and neithe
Var or the others had been tested
ne would moro than likely covere'
rs the unproductivenes Of some OF tn
1 C1hers. It is not treating the prof.
Il reducing COW right, neither is
treating your pocket book right, u
permit Q. producing cow to carry tn
I harden OF the non.producing kind. Tit
! nFonAry thing to do is to test ever!
Gov, and keep the Lady Oak cows OF
ne iob. but discard the Lady Nonpro
I ducer. Weed out the star boardcrs
Ivho never miss q meal or pay cent
The Bebcock test has been one OF tn
chief facGo9s in demonstrating tn
fact that too large a percentage o
1eiry cows are kept 1t an sctual los!
to their owners. Weighing the mil!
II not suflcient, as the milk from dtt
forent Gown varies greatly In percent
Sxc of butter fat. aud It IL butter II,
that determines the market value o.
inIlk. No farmer should feed scrut
COWS, Tor II is worse than . waste o.
limo to w 70.
storm Lake Pilot!Tribune: Both thu
4 ancx breeders and the breeders o.
S@ock hogs are feeling mighty goot
o5ver the spring farrows. The htteri
re III M to the average and the me
Seather 81 the spring has been stmpl,
Sreaf for getting the little porkers
6sfsrted we'll Given anything like
/ ormal conditions and no epidemics
snana Vista county will have by fa'
ira biggest pork production this year
III its history. This is true also Of the
,hreeders 81 pure bred swine. Al Of
Sham "a whom I have talked report hne