Show SILAGE SILACE MADE j OF BEET TOPS Better Than Leaving In InField I IField Field Says Logan Authority I n fly W. nT t Clan A ent Station LOGAN Sept 24 1 lah ha In beet tops I a much n neglected and much wasted t Made lade Into silage the tops ot of sugar sUar beets beet have ha R. R high reeding value and can be preserved for mil many ny weeks The ordinary method or of leaving the tops on the land partly cov- cov covered covered ered dirt causes cause heAVY lo losses es esIn In reed feed constituents Pasturing t the he fields to Is also wasteful and dangerous The tops soon begin to decay when hen partly covered with moist soil or even when left lert on the surface De- De Decayed sick ant ant- tops cause many man mats mals Also In picking up the tops animals are sure to get some dirt which has been found dan dan- dangerous to horses especially to colts All this trouble and most of the lo losses es In feeding value alue are area avoided a by making silage from tho 1110 f fresh sh beet topS Farmers who plan to make beet bt to top silage should prepare a pit ahead of beet heet digging A pit three to five fhe feet teet deep ep and just a little alder t than a n Is made on onell well ell drained land land fit such soil soli as will not cave cae In for tor a few days Doth Both ends are arc sloped tIC so that the team and wagon t can goin go goIn In at one 1 end and out at the other N I i PILE When en the topping ot of the beets beet begins begin II care Is exercised to have havethe the he tops tops' tops thrown Into small smaIl plies piles In such I a way that they can an be gathered easily with forks At Inter In- In ter als ot of a dr dry day or two the they are loaded on wagons with pitch pitch- pitchforks forks and the dirt shaken out as much as possible The wagon Is driven en Into the pit at onE end and the beet tops dumped on about a 3 afoot about a atoot root foot or of straw trall toot oot or 16 15 Inches ot of tops are calle scattered red over the the more straw Is added and then another layer ot of beet tops tope When the alternate layers ot of straw and tops are well packed b by driving over them and walking alon alo the edges edge the air cannot penetrate freely trelly and little spoilage results The straw stra absorbs the tho juice from the tops toP and keeps keels the mass from getting too wet When the tho pit Is well rounded above aboe ground It Is sealed se It It ere ere a potato pit with straw and dirt or with beet pulp IMPORTANT POINTS POI It Is highly Important to have e havethe the tops fresh tresh to tree free them from dirt to pack them well and to seal the pit thoroughly as air causes rotting and such silage Is dangerous dans When hen ted fed along with alfalfa hay good silage Is about as valuable as alfalfa hay In proportion to its ItI dry weight It can be cut out ot of the pits with a ha hay knife and forked out In blocks after which It t Is fed fedas fedas as Is silage I is II true the tops are valuable or eor fertilizer when left on the theland land but there Is III near nearly I as much fertilizing value alue In the manure and the feed obtained Is clear gain I for the labor |