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Show i til REASONS WHY FOR SILO Among Other Things It Affords Means of Conserving More of Food Value of Forage Crop. Illy C. II. IIIN.M AN. Colorado Agricultural Agricultur-al Col Ira. 1. liy means of the silo more of the food value of forage can be saved than any other method of preservation preserva-tion now In use. 2. In a large part of the Plain District of Colorado and all of the plain Irrigated area It I possible ta row a large tonnage per acre of com iO the stage In which It should be placed In the silo, L e., In thut stage of maturity known as the "dougb late;" while the season Is too short, the nlghta too cold and the moisture Insufficient to develop a large grain crop of corn. Tbla forage can be saved sav-ed by the silo. 3. The alio affords the mean of keeping, In email compass, a large quantity of forage safe from the weather and In convenient form to feed. 4. Forage placed In the silo keep at a uniform quality, wberea field-cured field-cured forage constantly deteriorate. 6. Considering the food value saved, the silo affords the cheapest mean for forage preservation. 6. Ilecause of the palatablllty and succulence, silage possesses higher reeding value than does the same forage for-age dry cured. Conservative feeder estimate that the silo doubles th value of the forage crop. 7. Not only corn, but kaflr corn, Mllo maize and aorghum are adopted for use In the alio. AM these crop have been successfully siloed. 8. 8llage can be used In summer and fall aa a substitute for and tn supplement pasture. 9. It has been conclusively proven that the alio effects a considerable saving In the cost of production of beef, mutton and milk. 10. The alio enables the farmer to keep more livestock, which promote the rotation of crop and the prese-v tlon of the aoll fertility. |