Show EB SILOS IMPORTANT FOR FEEDING COWS business farmers banners and experiment stations have found that a silo not only increases the yearly profits of the farm but eliminates many uncertainties tain taint ties les of live stock raising and dairy farmers are a re real realizing I 1 z ing m more re and more the place of the silo in the successful feeding of dairy cows many products which if fed dry have little feed value valoe are conver converted teo into splendid feed by a silo says W J keegan extension dairy husbandry man at clemson college in discussing the importance of silos in dairying Six cent of the feeding value of a good corn crop Is in the ears cars and 40 per cent in the stalks and leaves when the crop Is a partial failure a much greater percentage of the total nutrients Is in the ro roughage hage and in the event of protracted protract cT drought the roughage often contains practically all of the food elements putting the corn in the erlb crib therefore does not mean that the crop Is all harvested can the farmer afford to waste av 40 cents out ont of every dollar when by putting his corn crop in the silo he can cac get its full value per cent no silage has no equal as a succulent and economical feed for dairy cattle it keeps beeps up the flow of milk when pastures are short and during the winter months it keeps up milk production at less cost than dry forage alone the ohio experiment station has shown that a silage ration produces butterfat for 41 per cent less cost than does a grain ration besides a silo Is a very economical storage place as ten tons of silage can be stored in the same space as one ton of hay bay the filling of the silo can be done don in wet as well as in dry weather while other crops would be entirely lost if harvested under these conditions if enough silage Is produced all the year round the pasture acreage can be reduced and thus a larger acreage may be used for cultivation another great advantage of the silo Is that the land upon which silage Is grown Is cleared early tn in the season and ready for fall and winter crops either rye or oats for winter pasture or oats and vetch for hay furthermore the use of silage during the summer Is particularly applicable on OD high priced lan in pasture it requires one to three or more acres a season for each cow while one acre of corn in the silo will supply succulent roughage for several cows tor for a like period it aill not pay to build a silo for less than ten head of dairy cows but the farmer with at least the minimum number should at once plan to build a silo the dairy farmer who in the tail fall has a silo or two full of good corn or sorg sorghum lium silage need not worry about what his cows are going to eat |