Show 1 FARM faim TOPICS REDUCE TIME AND LABOR ON SILAGE will enable farmer to put up higher quality modern modem equipment and improved methods greatly reduce the burden of ensiling en grasses and legumes save time and ena enable ble the farmer to put up a higher quality silage any green crop chatas that Is harvested tor for grass silage should go into the silo just as soon after cutting as possible in good haying weather not over two hours should elapse between mowing and ensiling en dur ing cloudy or tainy rainy weather somewhat longer time may be permissible it if the crop becomes partly dry in the field water should be added at the silo in order to replace the lost moisture and insure a high quality silage in mowing the crop it is a good plan not to keep more than one half day ahead of the needed supply A which may be attached to either a horse drawn or a tractor mower will eliminate one field operation the works especially well on level fields or fields that are not too rolling the use 0 of modern cylinder rake bar loaders saves a great deal of labor when selecting a loader it Is well to purchase one specifically designed tor for green hay they will handle dry hay as well as green hay many experienced operators use square shaped racks or dumps dump truck bodies and allow the hay to tall fall as it will from the loader without having anyone on the load when the green hay Is hauled to the silo considerable sid erable time can be saved by dumping the load on the ground providing the silo filler Is set in a trench or set with its wheels in the ground up to the axles the labor ot of feeding the machine Is greatly reduced standing on the ground and with the cutter lowered two men can pitch a ton ot of green hay into a silo filler in 10 minutes or less almost any cutter that Is in good condition may be used in ensiling en green crops modern modem machines with feed rolls designed tor for handling hay crops are easier to teed feed than standard ensilage cutters the silo filler should be set for a cut of one fourth to one half an inch longer cut cuttings tings do not pack satisfactorily and may result in some spoilage suggestions on how to keep weevils from beans I 1 it you store beans to in a warm place they are likely to be arif infested ested with weevils we evils it is better to store them at a temperature not over 50 degrees they can be treated with air slaked ume ilme using one pound of lime to four pounds of seed in storing stor ing beans tor for food consumption it is recommended that they be placed in cold water brought to a temperature of degrees and dried this kills the weevils we evils does not interfere with either the food value or germination of the beans A weevil is a tiny insect that lays its eggs on the green pods in early fall the eggs hatching to very small ma 11 white grubs which develop and reproduce in the beans there may be six or seven generations in a year prairie farmer egg grading important egg grading is not only practical and profitable but it soon will be an absolute necessity if the egg industry Is to go ahead the purchasing public is beginning to dema demand nd a quality graded egg and the producer must sooner or later familiarize himself with standard egg grades and qualify as a producer of such a product says the north carolina state college not only do eggs of known grade command the high price on all markets but the grading ilves gives the producer an opportunity to cull his flock to better advantage and save only those hens that are producing the best eggs |