Show Build Trench Silo To Provide Feed For Live Stock Farmers of Southern Utah are are- arnot not ar-not not going to take any risks this thi year ear in preparing feed for their livestock for they arc planning to te build trench silos and fill fin them with corn com reports rep W VT W Owens assistant director for or agriculture of the Utah State AgriculturaL Agricultural- college Agricultural college extension service In a recent visit to Iron county Mr Owens visited a number of r farmers who had heeded the of extension service workers and built and filled trench silos Amasa Amasa- Stones of Parowan filled tilled his hi trench with whole corn and soak soak- soaked soak soak- soaked soaked ed it good with water from th the hose He lie employed two bo boys s 's on ponies to pack the silage sila e in the pit which was about ten feet deep ten feet wide and eighty feet lon long long and and held more than 70 tons After the silage was thoroughly packed rr Mr Stones covered it with wet straw and topped it with one foot of dirt On November 14 he the silo As the temperature was wa 14 degrees below zero he had to te cut the feed out with an ax but buthe buthe buthe he found that the frost had not damaged the feed With the silage and a small amount of cottonseed cake Mr Stones fed 35 head bend of livestock through the winter He reports that he had no losses no sick animals and the calves were normal both among the dairy mals ani-mals ani- ani animals animals mals and the beef animals Mr Stones said gaid that the use of a a trench silo increased the feeding possibilities of his farm per percent percent percent cent and it saved him last winter Sam Abbott of chopped his corn but he reports similar success Cattle horses sheep and chickens fed from th the silo and Mr Abbott was supplied with eggs for the first time during the winter months To insure plen plen- plenty plen- plen plenty plenty ty of feed for an adverse year Mr lr Abbott is making plans to build two trench silos this year One will be held in reserve and one fed each year ear I had always considered corn corR too difficult to handle said Mr Abbott therefore I had not both both- bothered bothered bothered ered with it much but now with witha a trench silo I find that there is is no waste there is not riot any harm done in freezing and the carrying capacity of the farm is greatly increased Farmers of the state who are contemplating the mak mak- making mak- mak making making ing of trench silos can obtain de- de detailed detailed de detailed tailed information for construe construction tion by calling on a county agent or by writing directly to the ex extension ex- ex extension tension service at the state col college lege at Lo Logan an |