| Show season nears inears for filling corn silos with field corn just reaching maturity utah farmers will soon be con concerned with getting this valuable feed crap crop harvested and S M e I 1 s stored i 3 r e of aw away in silos for winter feeding says saya E J maynard extension animal husbandman of the U A C As the corn plant ripens it increases steadily in nutritive value per pound and per agre acre consequently it should be allowed to mature up to the point where its kernels are well vell dented and the lower lea leaves cs of the plant are somewhat dried there is no object ordinarily in cutting field corn early and attempting to produce the green immature silage with its high content of moisture the plant at this stage tends to produce a sour silage with high acid content on the other hand harvesting operations must be guided by prospects for a killing frost in any given locality for such a frost will reduce the feeding value of the crop if it is still standing when the frost arrives the trench silo continues to be the most efficient and economical means for the storage of the corn com plant in the intermountain area several hundred of these silos already constructed are ready and waiting for the present crop while many more will be constructed this fall according to information from county agricultural agents the trench silo a bulletin published for free distribution to utah farmers by the extension service of the utah state agricultural college has recently been revised and is now available for distribution in addition to complete information covering the construction of trench silos this bulletin contains a climatological table indicating the average killing frost dates in spring and fall for various sections of utah and also information concerning the feeding value of corn si I 1 age fo for r various classes of animals in making a request for this publication ask for no 60 50 the simple and inexpensive construction st of the trench silo puts this valuable feed conserver within reach of every farmer of the state and the opportunity that corn silage offers in its ability to produce a balanced ration with alfalfa hay insures a means for greatly reducing the cost of producing milk and meat on utah farms |
