Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-14
Saves all the Crop.


1t matters not what is put into the
silo, it's all saved. In the corr bell
more than one-third of the value OF
the crop is left in the field in the
stalks. This loss in the United States
totals a billion dollars a year This
to a large extent, is practically true
of small grains, which are used for
feed. Nearly one-third of the feeding
value of the oat crop is in the straw.
This could all be cut together and put
into the silo, and fed with practically
no waste. One seldom talks to a bunch
Of farmers, but what someone remem-
bers that in the "Old Country they
cut HP-the oat straw, mixed a little
chop with it, put it into e tight box,
and in the winter time poured boiling
water over this, covered it with heavy
burlap or something to hold the heat
in, left il over night, and fed it to the
cattle. The silo gives practically the
same results. However, corn is the
crop usually thought of for filling
the silo, and it is true that in feeding
fodder under the very best conditions,
there is a large waste, often amount
ing to nearly one-half.
lARAN Live DUNN &dH Ut htpt OU the
Farm and at a Greater Profit
Very often the amount of live stock
kept on the farm is limited by the
area available for pasture, and fire.
quently by the number of cattle this
will pasture during the driest
hottest part of the pasture season. In
many instances the silo is now being
looked to as the means of tiding over
these dry periods, and provision made
for feeding silagc'at such times. How
in this region it is probable that
the silo will prove Of greatest value
for preserving winter feed.
To those who have already expert
enced the use of silage, there is little
that can be added. Silage is in real
ity the green feed, preserved in its
original palatable form and it is well
known that green grass or practically
ripe corn cannot be improved upon as
feed, especially for cattle. There is no
feed that will produce greater growth
or a larger milk flow, and consequent
ly greater profit.
Preserves the Feed in the Best Pos
sible Form
All of the feeding value and succu.
of the practically ripe green
feed put in the silo is preserved until
There is no other possible
means of securing such results in this
than by use of the silo.
Silage Is Easily Fed, Without Waste.
Silage is in a most convenient form
to be fed. 1t requires only a small
and as this is easily gotten out
IF the silo, the feeding of silage is a
great pleasure. IL is also true that
4 usual care is taken in feeding good
there is practically no waste
whatever. There is no building that
will house an equal amount of mex
feed that can be fed out with !
is little waste, as the silo. q
With Alfalfa or Sweet Clover, Silage I
Makes an Ideal Balanced Ration I
A comparison of the feeding value
f silage and green grass, which is :
Iature's most perfect feed, will show ;
hat the only deficiency of silage is U
n the protein or heterogeneous part.
he addition of a small amount of
Italia or sweet clover hay will make
p this deficiency, and at the same
ime add variety that is most accept o
bic to the cattle. Good corn silage ri
nd alfalfa hay make as nearly an :
teal balanced ration for the dairy r.