Show I 1 PRODUCE MEAT AND I 1 AID SOIL FERTILITY putting corn stover into silo Is most economical way to handle never burn stalks mom from the united states department of agriculture e the most economical way of oc handling corn stover Is to put it into katoa s silo if generally adopted this practice would enda end a waste through wrong methods that now amounts to 85 per cent of all the stover fed says the united states department of agriculture ifould place atthe at the disposal of the farmer an enormous mass of roughage haga to cheapen the cost of producing meat and to maintain soil fertility in the roost most economical of all ways by the production of manure that the value of stover as feed la Is recognized to some extent Is indicated by the fact that per cent of what Is 18 produced produce d Is fed in some way frequently ly however it Is not the right way for instance such practices as pulling the fodder or topping the corn are most wasteful but approximately 80 per cent of matured corn Is handled in one of these two ways waya the that are left standing in the fi field old are pastured plowed under or burned to burn stover Is a crime against it intelligent agriculture for which it Is difficult to find fand any explanation except obstinate ignorance on the part of the perpetrators it offers a quick and easy method of clearing the he ground for I 1 plowing but that is a small onset offset for the was waste teof of good mat material erlat 1 I 1 1 41 A ia 4 f ii 4 I 1 1 7 I 1 I 1 I 1 plowing under and pasturing are better but they also involve some waste on the other hand en the stover means weans that its feeding value la Is utilized to the full A quantity of roughage Is provided which lessens the need iteen for expensive concentrates concentrate i and makes the production of meat more profitable by lowering the cost of oc manufacture obviously this Is a stimulus to the keeping of live stock which from every point of view to la most desirable I 1 I 1 in preparing stover for feeding chopping chopi or shredding increases its ability and enables a greater quantity to be sto stored redla in a given space both of 0 these methods however involve the tha aige use of additional labor and can only ba ba recommended when labor and power are cheap and abundant cutting and shocking on the other hand involve some waste but in general this Is offset seib b by the th e savings jn in labor I 1 I 1 |