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Show ABOUT SILOS AND SILAGE I By Dc Witt Carpenter ASII.O is on alr-Ughl receplaele for the storing and preserving of gn en fodder or stover for the roughage or tilling complement com-plement of the cow's diet. It Is corn or clover, clo-ver, betios or millet, anything that yields a , large buli't of niatcvlal and Is relished, cut at Ithat stage of growth and maturity when at Us best for feeding. Corn is used by nil orlds more than any other for this reason, that It jbids such enormous crops in bulk. Silos tit llrst were made of Inch boards nailed to a v ry solid In. me, doubled, and heavy building paper between, with tin average aver-age height of about 30 feet .and half that In diameter Nowadays they are made of J-lnch slaves Just as they come from tho mill, set up and slay-lathed as you proceed, till you Get the reepilred size, and then hooped with half-Inch Iron rods with a duple- of lugs for drawing them toge-ther till air-tight. Tin y niake a Rood, lasting and cheap silo i-llo Idling In the latitude of N.-w York 'Htalo begins usually about the 10th of Si p-tenilxT. p-tenilxT. The rule U when i he ears are fairly well glazed. If luo green it docs not euro I Hut a remedy has now been found In tho j catch crop of winter vetch or crimson clo- ver, as heretofore mentioned, which will not only make good tho loss-, but will b.i another very Important factor in soil building. Naluies forces ure seen in growth putting put-ting together this, that and the other atom till H1'-' w brfui compounds form a complete com-plete and chemically united whole. So we may build up a rational and logical system so true to nature and so wisely adapted adapt-ed to the worlds good and perpetuity that such held asset I ions by learm-d nun that 'starvation slarea tis in the iJt(. ,, the not distant future-" may never be n pr-at;-d. The future of agriculture never looked brighter than it l s to-day. Le t us thank ( Jod and take courage. la t me say thai sy beans sowed with the com will, by their rl. bne-.a in protein, make the silo contents a bnlaneed ration for the dairy cow giving milk anil .should never fail to be grown with the corn. This and the clover ,-rops arc the Important lessony of this chap- , lcr' so w 11 and Is ttwashy and the ears are too green to be eif much feeding value; nearly ripe muk.-s the Ix-st. This Is a vital point. Into the lust two weeks the e-la L..r.i led forces of the season, the sugar and starch gluten, etc., art- lingering for nature's tinish-Ing tinish-Ing touch of perfection, without which. Ilk.-all Ilk.-all unfinished things. It is comparatively useless, use-less, There are few dairymen In this country without silos The tilling Is managed very much as I he threshing mm-blnea w etc. The neighbors club together ami wait their turn. R Is cut will; ti one-row reaper and left In bundles, which tire thrown onto low-down wagon, the loader beginning at the bind stundaid of wagons, rack and Idling In the proper height till he get- to the forward standard, which completes bis load. Krom thn-e to live teams will ke-p the steam cutter and carrier going if it It, not a long haul. It can be cut a day or two ahead and generally b, willed a little, but cn- 1 n.-ss don t hurt If ripe, nor rain. It's .utlo a gay and hilarious episode in the routine of tli-' farm llf". A sll' well lllled with good ripe silage Is n boon to the d.ili.vnun. It is us good as lulling dally fiom your field greiji, fresh, succuh tit corn or clover, jS the Juices are j':Vj p. rlcetlv preserved and "rellshe d the same as fresh cut. ami It loep-j cows In a perfect coin'itlon of bodily health by Its laxative and digestive propeiti.- Thirty pouiu'.s per day makes a food ration for ;i ceo. Some can ,ry piolllably be fed to hordes. ji.nt g" t" extremes with It In any case nnd it l"'"vt' ' 1 1 to dairy farmers. The one possible objection that could be m ule to It Is tl'U' 't is hard on the land, and for the twelve years of mj nil., experience I am sure that our tillable land., have shown ,,.teiioi-atlon not. I think, from Its extrac- tl, reduction of plant fond by growth. but bv leaving so much land twcritf vstr. s bare through the winter. |