Show PRODUCE MEAT AND AID SOIL FERTILITY putting corn stover into silo Is most economical way vay to handle hande never burn stalks prom the united states department of agriculture Aeri culture the most economical way of handling bandling corn stoler stoker Is to put it into a silo if generally adopted tills this practice would end a waste through wrong methods that now amounts to 35 per cent of all the stover fed says the united states department of agriculture it would place at the disposal of the farmer fanner an enormous mass of roughage to cheapen the cost of producing meat and to maintain soil fertility in the roost most economical econom I 1 cat of all ways by the production of manure that the value of stover ns as feed Is I 1 recognized to some extent Is indicated by the fact that per vent rent of what Is produced Is fed in some way frequently quent ly however it Is not the right way for instance such practices as pulling the fodder or topping the corn are most wasteful but approximately 30 per cent of matured corn Is handled in one of these two ways the that are left standing in tile the field are pastured plowed under or burned to burn stover Is a crime against intelligent agriculture for which it Is difficult to find any explanation except obstinate ignorance on the part of 0 the perpetrators it a quick and easy method of clearing the ground for plowing but that is a beall offset tor for the waste ot of good material plowing under and pasturing are better but they also involve some waste on the other land hand en the stover means that its feeding value Is utilized to the full A quantity of 0 roughage Is provided lessens the need tor for expensive concentrates and makes the production ot of meat more profitable by lowering the cost of 0 manufacture obviously this Is a stimulus to the keeping of live stock which from every point of tew elsw Is most desirable in preparing stover for feeding chopping lor shredding increases its palata billay and enables a greater quantity t to 0 be stored in a given space both ot of these iese methods however involve the use ot of additional labor and can only be recommended when labor and po power are cheap and abundant cutting and shocking on the other hand involve some waste but in general this Is offset by the saving in labor |