Show FARMERS OF SOUTHERN UTAH USE TRENCH SILOS LOGAN fannora of southern utah aro not going to tako take any risks this I 1 year in preparing feed tor for their livestock for they are planning to build trench silos nid eul thorn them with corn ll 11 reports W IV owens assistant dl di i rector for agriculture of tile the utah agricultural college extent ex lon in ill a recent visit to iron con county ity sir air owens aisted a number ot of far farmers who ila had heeded the addeo of 0 axtens lion I 1 I 1 on service workers and built and filled trench silos anias stories stones of 0 parowan carowan filled ats trenell trench with whole corn and soaked it good with water from tile the hobo iio employed two boys boya on to pack the silage in tho pit i was about ton ten feet doop deep on an feet wade and eighty feet long ind and held more than 70 tons after lie silage was thoroughly thoro packed mr covered it with wet istran and it with one foot of dirt on NV november ember 14 lie ho opened aba f slin silo As aa lie he temperature turo ture was 14 degrees below zoro soro ho be had to cut the feed out kiili wit MI all ax but bill lio lie found that the frost hail tot not damaged tho feed will tho the 0 o and a small ot of cottonseed citko calco mr atones feel fed 35 hond head of livestock through tile tho winter lie ile that ho he had no loses no sick animal and the lie calves wore were normal both among tho the dairy ani animals nials anti and tile tho wot boot ani animals nials mr stories said that tile the nao liso of a trench silo increased tho the food ilig possibilities ot of his farm per cent and it saved him last winter sam sain abbott of choppo ch 1 his corn but ill ito ho reports similar cuttle cattle horses sheep cheop and chickens tod from the silo allo and mr air abbot was sup aup plied piled with begs gh for tile first ehno during tho winter months to insure plenty of toed feed for ill an adverse mr air abbott la Is making plans to build two trench silos tills this year ono will vill bo be hold in ili reserve and one fed cach year 1 I had always considered corn too difficult to lian handlo dlo s said mr air abbott therefore thoro foro I 1 had not bothered with it much but bill now with a trench silo I 1 find that thoro there Is li no waste thoro there iii g riot not tiny any lumm dono done in III froc frocking zIng and tho the carrying capacity of tho the farm la Is greatly increased farmerr of tile the state who are con contemplating boin plating tho the ing of trench allois can call obtain information Ilia tion for construction by calling on a county agent adent or by writing direct 1 ly to tho OxtOn tion service at tho the state college at logan |