Show CORN COHN SILK SILAGE GOOD FOR DAIRY CATTLE EXPERT ASSERTS ely by GEORGE 0 CAINE U S A C ci extension dairyman in tile tha middle west n dairy farrior without corn will listi usually ally apologize for being out of 0 what la is considered thoro thore the moat important food in utah bluh where alfalfa ciui call bo be produced more choll cheaply ply silage Is nut not consid considered ored quite ao essential and yot yet it la Is ono of tho best beat crops that cull lie be grown for milk production work dono done by carroll nt at tile tho utah experiment boyel doirs UKO ago and ro ported in bulletin no corresponds very closely with results recently ishoI front from station Bul ballotin lotin no 39 when fl fei with grain and alt astalfa alfa to dairy cowd it requires 2 21 to 3 pounds of corn silage to rolanco ono pound of alfalfa A common conini rule for or feeding la 3 pounds ronnda ot of silage allaro por per day for each pounds of cow each 00 cow w then would then vc from 20 to 40 pounds por per day alny depending on the size of tile tho animal in sections Bec llona where market milk Is being produced silage should bo be fel fed care fully to avoid any possibility of ct its ita ta inting tile tho milk usually it if it la is fed right after milking and properly cl craned before tho the next milking and tile tho barn a ired tile tho roughly there should bo very little or oc no trouble corn silage allago should not bo be fed to calves calve a younger than 8 to 10 months as it may help to cause boura it la is a very satisfactory food feed for li elfers front from 10 months or older 11 and it has baa a higher replacement value than i a to I 1 ca as given alono alone at the missouri station as ro corded in III bulletin no yearling li elfers were fed alfalfa and corn silage at will each heifer better ate pounds of silage and 66 pounds of alfalfa per day on t this his ration these hedfors gained 24 of a pound more than normal tho the alfalfa fed in missouri was not so BO bright and palatable as aa most mast utah at alfalfa falfa which difference might affect the rate ot of consumption somewhat there are very little available data on tile the feeding of oc corn a silage lingo with alfalfa hay bay alone most experiments have grain in the ration A few cows cowa that are being fed at the utah station on alfalfa and corn silage only at the present timo time show very satisfactory production this la is ono one of them most moat economical rations that Is available for uie the utah tanner farmer dairymen who contemplate planting corn tor for silage may obtain information regarding the time to plant and the Tarlet varieties les best beat suited tor for any particular location by br asking a county agent or by writing to the extension service utah state agricultural college logan |