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Show Silage for Cattle. Nebraska farmers living in a region re-gion where the land sells for $120 and upward an acre are finding greatly increased in-creased profits- from the use of silage In fattening their cattle, one successful success-ful farmer having been engaged in i feeding 150 tons of silage from 24 ; acres of land, putting all his stock in prime condition. Cattle fed IhiS way are marketed in fine shape, and feed bills are greatly lessoned. The reports of increased profits inspiring in-spiring other npishboring stockmen to do the same thing, and many farmers farm-ers are now raising their own feeders in this way. It is probable that in the end the increase in silos will do more than anything else to bring the beef crop up to the normal standard. |