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Show DIIEK REALIZE MEOFEiKE As Result Many Silos Are Being Constructed Throughout Through-out the State. One of tho most Important n mthods adopted by the United Woiei dair Uo partment. wIiobc local offices In the feu oral building are in charge ot .7. j uo.r man. to improve dairy conditions in Utah Is to encourage the orocUon ana use of silos. Ensilage, which i a coin stalks nnd ears of corn out Into small pieces and stored in an air-tight " llko building, is considered one oi ine best feeds for dairy cows and as a re cult of tho work of Mr. Dorraan and 'is assistants, a largo number of these silos have been constructed in Utah, especial iy in tho vicinity of Salt Lako. Tho dalrymon of Salt Lake county, who erected silos during the PaSt1F?,"mT hut at tho suggestion oi tho eovornmon t, have begun to feed the ollago. Tho state that so far excellent results have beon obtained and all of them aro enthusiastic. en-thusiastic. Tho government men arc boosting construction of concroto alios, which arc said to be much better than lho stnvo affairs, and also coat mucn less to operate. f Mr. Dorniau expresses himself ns gratified grat-ified with tho success of tho government plans, Ho says that tho h'gh prices of feed In Utah, especially of aalfa. 1 as helped create an Interest In silo hulld-Ing hulld-Ing and that many leading dairymen are using this method to supplement tho na crop. In discussing tho valuo of silos, Mr. Dorman quoted from his last report to tho dopurtmcnt at Washington, in this report Don Ft. Eldrcdgo. a dairyman who Is interested in ensilage, was quotou as follows: There Is no one crop that is seeded and harvested tho same year that will. In fit It Lake valley, return tho food for the expense and outlay of labor la-bor that tho corn crop will yield. For many vears I havo used corn fodder as a supplementary feod hi my dairy, shocking It In prime condition in tho fiold and hauling- it to a cutting machine ma-chine as soon as It Ib noodod. This machine Is a rogular sllago cutter and wo cut fodder, car and oil. Into about threo-quartcrs of an Inch in length, making a sweet, palatablo feed, highly relished by tho cows and with luccrn making a perfectly balanced bal-anced ration. Mr. Dorman predicts that while a dos-on dos-on new silos were eroded In 1913, there will bo at least fifty new ones next year and from now on tho ello will bo considered con-sidered In all valleys, whore tho corn plant can bo sufficiently matured, ono of tho prime factors of milk production. |