Show CORN SILAGE GOOD FOR DAIRY CATT CATTLE By GEORGE B CAINE Extension Division In the middle west a dairy farmer without corn silage e will usually apologize ze for being out or of what is considered there the most important feed fled In Utah where can be produced pro much more cheaply silage is not quite so essential and yet it isone is isone isone one of the best crops that can be grown grown for milk production Work done by Carroll at the Utah Experiment station several y years ar ago and reported in bulle bulle- bulletin bulletin bulletin tin No corresponds very dose close lv Iv with results recently published from Utah station bulletin No When fed with grain Krain and alfalfa to dairy cows it requires 2 to t 3 pounds of corn silage sitar to replace one pound of lC alfalfa A common rule for feeding is 3 pounds pound of o silage per day for each pounds of ht of the cow Each cow then would rece receive e from 20 to tc 40 10 pounds per day depending on ont t the e size of the animal animal In sections produced milk is being ed eel silage should be fed carefully c to to avoid any possibility of it its tainting the milk Usually if iC it is is fed ri right ht after milking and prop prop- cleaned up before the next milking and the barn aired thor thor- thoroughly ou there should be very little or no trouble Corn silage e should not be fed to calves younger er than 8 to 10 month months as Itis it may help lp to cause scours f I It is a very feed to for heifers from rom 10 months or older and it has a hi higher her replacement value alue than 3 to 1 as given alone At the Missouri station as re- re recorded re corded in bulletin No 58 yearling heifers were fed alfalfa and corn con sila silage e at will Each heifer ate pounds of oC siJa silage e and 66 pounds of o alfalfa per day On this ration these heifers gained 21 2 of a pound poun more than normal The alfalfa fed f d in din fedin Missouri was not so bright am and palatable as most Utah alfalfa which difference might affect the rate ate of consumption somewhat There are very little available data daUl on the feeding of corn sila silage e with alfalfa hay alone alo Most ex- ex experiments experiments have grain in in the tho ration A few cows that that- are bein being fed at atthe atthe a the Utah station on alfalfa and am corn siJa silage e only at the present time show very satisfactory pro pro- pro production This one of or the most econ economical economical rations that is available for the Utah farmer Dairymen who contemplate plant plant- planting information ing corn for sila silage e may obtain in- in formation regarding the time to plant and the varieties best suit suit- suited ed ad for any particular location by asking a county agent or by writ writ- writing ing to the Extension Service Utah State Agricultural college Logan |