| Show conserve water by planting for corn silage utah farmers should plan to plant more field corn com for silage this year says dean E J maynard of the utah state agricultural college A definite increase in field corn acreage during the coming crop season will mean a definite conservation of the states water supply for corn requires much less water per acre of feed nutrients produced than any other crop athe the state average inai indicates cates that cro crop p land fand will produce about three times as many tons of silage as of alfalfa hay corn should not be substituted for alfalfa however in the cropping system as the two crops of silage and alfalfa give far better results when fed together corn silage is a carbonaceous feed and shows its highest value in the maintenance and fattening of livestock on the average it can safely be said that good i silage has haa at least one half the feeding value of alfalfa hay pound for pound where alfalfa alone has been fed the addition of silage increases feed nutrient and efficiency last year utah produced forty thousand tons of corn which is much more than ever before next year however this tonnage should be greatly increased the development of the trench sil silo 0 has provided a definite means for utah farmers to successfully and cheaply store any amount of silage that they might produce with the trench silo harvesting costs of silage are low where one cuts and stacks three crops of alfalfa for instance it is only ec essary to go over the land once in harvesting and en a crop of field corn full details concerning varieties of corn for silage length of growing season in different parts of the state and plans and methods for constructing trench silos are contained in extension circular 50 which will be mailed free on request |
