Show SILO FEEDS FLOCKS HERDS IN CARBON so pleased ts Is G IV waterman of price utah with ills his euce cesa ess in the building filling and use of 0 ills his first trench silo which was constructed in 1931 that he has planted 25 acres ot of corn this ais year instead of eight acres the amount of last years planting cheta he was contemplating the building of ills his first silo neighbors told him the corn would spoil but he likes to try new things therefore he ident went ahead with hla his plans ills results were indeed gratifying especially i in view of the shortage of teed feed in lails ilits vicinity e e mr waterman reports that lie difed the corn silage to every fowl and animal on his bis farm garmt chickens cows horses hornes sheep and hogs the chickens ld t 0 be shooed sho oed from it and 1 they laid more eggs than they had bad ever laid in the winter time lever I 1 the dairy cows lid did not clean up the coarse stalks but these were passed on to the dry stock and horses the old ewes that had biad no teeth ate left jott the leaves and the kernels of corn but the remaining stalks and cobs were readily eaten by the da datry dairy try heifers heffers hei fers mr waterman reports i in addition to feeding ills his own animals ant mr waterman sold 33 loads df silage to a neighbor for 6 per ton was 12 who had no other feed all winter for his cattle and horses silage saved them through the winter mr waterman estimates that he be put 90 tons of corn in r trench 90 i leet feet long 12 feet wide at ab the top and narrower at the bottom and 7 feet deep ile he cut the corn with a i corn binder and placed the bundles j lengthways in tine the trench before the strings were cut when a layer ot of bundles was put into the trench ne he packed it down by driving s tractor back and forth over the corn lie ile added gadded 15 wagon tank loads loada of water or isoo gallons then them he covered the contents tents of the brenem with two teet of straw and topped it oft off with a toot foot 0 dirt ile he had no spoilage excel except at a little mold where the sides were un even not more phaen BOO pounds in all in mr watermans Water mans opinion corn should be chopped it if it Is to be fed to bo dairy cows but he ha would not mot chop it for range stock the main tiling in filling a trench silo says mr waterman Is to pack it down carefully and add plenty of water |