Show DAIItY AND POULTRY TEnESTINO CHAPTERS POI1 OUR IIURAL READERS II ow r > rcr > lf > l nemei tpeeta Tds Itpertm t el the tareA Psi teenla a le lime r Un link nd loollrv AM AlIlAIU tf J that Iho above term r a hAIl become rather 01 Z a hackneyed ex O G t prcctlon of tats 1f > y i years for the change have been r r1i I G many upon this aurJ w wool nt all our In e tltulo meetings r and by tho iblle prtts still U I our farmer had been better acquainted with lhls subject It would have been worth hundred aye thousands of dollar dol-lar to them this unusually dry season 1 will not attempt In thl short article arti-cle to go Into any long description but will merely confine myself to generalities generali-ties What Is a silo It la I a box n bin or receptacle In which II I put corn clover oat pcai or any fodder In a green itnlo to bo preserved for future use This box should bo alrllgbt or practically practi-cally I 10 It ihould bo of III great a heIRht height ai convenient on account of tee cost of building and alto became the entltagn will be better preserved U piliould be of such an nell that nt least cue ol Inch or better two of surface Is t IIO Aimoved each day In feeding I tho stock In shape It It better to ba round It r is 4 alts N A FKCNCII BULL OP Till MOIli COMMON TYIll this It I not practical then eighttided or square with tho corners cut off It may bo made of elltier wood tuna or cement Wood baa heretofore given Iha bat Mtltlactlon owing to the en illage spoiling around the wall of stone shine BUM the cement silos that ire being built now appear lo ho giving good nallifacllon and have the advantage advant-age of being built for all time to come as they will never rot A wood silo may be built for II per ton capacity I while n stone or cement silo will coil a llttlo more What Crop lo Put In 8110Any green crop can be put In silo with good roo cults bill the chief one are corn and clover There la no crop AI lure ai corn No crop will glvo a 1 largo amount of feed and wllhal AI cheaply raited as the corn crop 111 Is estimated by experimentalist that from 25 to toper to-per cent of value of the corn plant II I taxed In illo over Ibo ordinary way of curing In the field Clover whIle not quite so sure a crop In some sections will give a large yield of choice fodder which yin be cured In the tllo without reference to the state of the wrnther The lots to the country through clover being ruined by unfavorable unfa-vorable weather li enormous Tho second sec-ond crop can also be cuslly taken care of In thll way nt D limn of year when It II I almost Impottlble to cure It In the Held In addition lo this dover helps to form n balanced ration furnishing a large amount of the expensive nlbu minoid without having to purchase so much of the costly food DI oil meal cottonseed meal bran peas etc Wo are alto nil aware of Ibo great icrilrn doer is I In acting as a sub niter and an a soil enrlcher by Its absorption ab-sorption through oho root of nltrogin from the air Valuo III n food Some farmer Mill feel suiplclous of that rotten stuff as they term enMlage but If they ould go Into the barn where thla slult Is fed and note the appearance of Iho stock they would make up their mind that Iho more of thIs rotten stuff wo had the butter II would be for tho country The University of Wliconiln Issued a bulletin containing a hundred ra flops fed by practical farmer all over the tote and a significant fact Is that over 75 per coot feed cnillage and nearly I near-ly I all of them largely I feel info In wylng from my own experience and also from obtcrvallon that no man can keep n herd of dairy cows profitably without furnlihlng ensilage III a large part of dally ration Now ray brother taxmen lei me urge If Ibis want baa not already become Oiled thai you tllr yourselves Vltlt the alien In our own neighborhood and select the ono AI a pattern which eccmt to suit your condltloni and clrcum slancca best and lose no time In j I menclng to build and I on luc rot cllIW I that It till natcr roe > v UIClO Y I M lo Farmers llptl 1 I |