| Show SILAGE GAINING IN FAVOR becoming more popular for feeding cattee and in some sections it Is almost a necessity silage for feeding cattle is becom ing more popular every year and throughout many sections has become almost a necessity there may be some districts in which roughage can be more cheaply supplied in the form ot hay but even then something succulent in the form of silage or roots Is almost essential for the best results I 1 know of no better combination than clover hay and good corn silage the one seems to be the exact complement of the other both are very palatable to cattle and should be fed separately tor the sake of variety A bunch ot cattle getting a good feed night and morning of cut straw and silage mixed 12 hours before feed ing and all the fang clover hay they eat at noon is about as well oft for roughage as is possible I 1 do not know of any other ration on which cattle can be kept so full all the time without putting them off their feed in the early part of the season very little grain should be fed and the al lowance gradually increased from week to week many farmers waste a good deal of grain by overfeeding over feeding in the early part of the winter it Is an easy matter to ruin the digestion of a steer by feeding too much corn tor any considerable length of time A mixture of grains will always give better results than any single variety fed alone if cottonseed meal and molasses are to be fed it Is a good tice to keep them for a finishing ration |
