Show fair price for silage hard matter to figure fig lire because silage does not enter generally into trade there Is no widely accepted method of figuring its value such a plan would be helpful however since silage la Is one of the leading cattle feeds and Is often sold in quantities to neighbors by farmers who have a surplus analysis shows that good corn silage contains nutrients by weight as high grade mixed tiny hay in this case a fair price for silage cabbe can he computed by taking a third of the market price per ton for hay bay if the price of hay Is unusually low or high the value of silage may be figured by allowing from four to five bushels of grain and about BOO pounds of dry stover per ton of ensilage this price will usually compare closely with that obtained by taking one third the price i alce of hay bay |