Show FARM IN MAKING AND FEEDING SILAGE best and cheapest form in which to store feed arpra yr pra by united ant 0 some important points to observe lo 10 the making and feeding of silage are discussed by live stock specialists 0 the united states department ot agriculture ri in a revised edition of farmers bulletin ho r the making and feeding of silage which Is now ready for distribution to interested persons silage the authors of the bulletin say Is the best and cheapest form in which to store succulent feed many crops ann cnn be made into silage but corn where it can be grown successfully cess fully males the best silage silage Is suited for feeding to all live stock dairy cows not on good pasture need it perhaps more than other classes of animals because aba succulence it supplies Is helpful in production of large quantities ot milk it la a cheap and economical feed for beet cattle from breeding cow to fattening steer sheep like it and it Is well suited to their needs even horses and mules may be fed limited quantities of good silage with good results A method of making silage known as the method has come into ue in the last few years and Is considered the easiest known method of making silage the standing corn Is harvested and cut into proper lengths for the silo by a machine drawn and operated by a the cut corn Is delivered to a wagon box drawn alongside it Is then hauled to the silo and pushed off into a blower which elevates it into the silo when a pit silo Is used the work of filling Is still less making alge by the honning method requires approximately the same she crew as when a harvester and bundle elevator Is used bat the lies in sav ins the labor of handling the heavy bundles A copy of the bulletin may be ab nb turned by writing to the states rf of agriculture cashing ton D C practical methods of destroying hog mango ady 3 W lurna extension veterinarian kansas state college crude petroleum will turn itself into a money mil er when used as a destroyer of mange f bwl ie ri the three most practical methods of destroying manre are hind apall cat ions cpr lying and dipping t hand applications may be satisfactorily provided if only a few hoes are alie hos are confined and applications made with a brush or A aloth should be ral 1 ed er the entire hog including ineido the ears spray ing if carefully carried oui vill destroy mange the hogs should be confined n a pen bedded with clean straw A spry sprinkling can imy be used tha hogs ears should he lifted so that spray material will coat the ilov cr side they should be left in the pen for an hour to becom well saturated by contact dipping Is the most effective way of applying material to hogs for con trolling mange concrete or galvan lydd iron dipping vats are more or aj less permanent and noi in expense for the large hog raisers ral sers swine should be dipped at least twice 12 to 14 days apart and old beds burned the house and sloping quarters should be cleaned and disinfected dis r use of self feeders Is most satisfactory the use 0 self feeders Is the most satisfactory estem of growing hoa we have found wah lund feeding so ji many times in the busy season and that lasts all summer on most firms a little neglect in chocos checks up the desired growth living in a good clean legume e with self feeders for corn and protein fada and an opportunity to ge at some the alpa are at fault if they do not good last acir corn was so bearce in conr neighborhood that ve ran the pigs through n little less than they would have ked the pigs were slowed up bv it too bui with an all winter rise in the hog market the financial returns were not so disappointing belated ply d not always meet that kind of n reception alie general has K always been the other way ja pigs over summer spring pigs that are not to be fattened for the birly fall market nav ho carried igli the summer on good pasture and n limited of grain the ggs should receive to provide for normal growth since they cannot develop on pasture alone pigs during the sum mer in this way will be in good sh ipa to follow steers in the feed louthis lot this fall and winter or they may be fattened for market as soon as th new corn crop la ready |