| Show PLAN TO PLANT CORN SAYS PROFESSOR utah farmers should plan to plant more field corn tor for silage this year says dean E J Af maynard aynard of 0 the utah state stale agricultural college A definite increase inci Incz ease in field corn ac coage during the coming crop season will mean a definite conservation of 0 the states water supply tor for corn requires much less water per aero acro of feed nu nutrients trienEs proa u acet than any other crop the state average indicates that crop land will produce about three times as many tons of silage as or al talf fp hay bay corn should not be substituted for alfalfa however in the cropping system as aa the two crops silage and alfalfa give tar far better results when fed together corn silage ali I 1 lage is a carbonaceous teed feed and shows its highest value in the maintenance and fattening of livestock on the average it can be safely said that good silage has at least one halt half the feeding value of alfalfa hay pound tor for pound where alfalfa alone has haa been fed the addition of silage increases teed feed nutrient and efficiency last year utah produced forty thousand tons of corn silage whick is more than ever before next year however this tonnage should be greatly increased the development of the trench silo has provided a definite deanal means tor for utah farmers to successfully and cheaply store any amount of silage that thoy they might produce the trench silo harvesting costs of silage are low where one on cuts and stacks three crops of alfalfa yi tor for instance it is out only necessary to go over the land once in harvesting and en a crop of field corn full details concerning varieties lei ot of corn tor for silage length ot of glow ing season in different parts parta ot of the state and plans and methods tor for 1 constructing trench silos are contained in Exten extension Aon circular 60 50 which will be mailed free on request from the utah state stale agi Agil cultural college at logan |
