Show PLANT MORE CORN FOR ENSILAGE utah farmers should plan to plant more field corn for silage this year says dean E J bl maynard aynard of 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 iler acre of feed nutrients produced than any other crop the state average indicates that crop land will produce about three times as many tons of milage as of alfalfa hay lay 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 feed and shows its highest value in the maintenance and fattening of livestock on the averhage it can safely be said that good silage has at least one half the feeding value of alfalfa hay bay 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 silage which is s much more than ever before next year however this tonnage should be e greatly lin increased creased the developer nent of the tren trench jelf silo has provided a definite de finate means for utah farmers to successfully and cheaply store any amount of silage that hat they mig might lit produce with the trench rench silo harv harvesting eiting costs of silage are low where one cuts and stacks three ahree crops ot of alfalfa for instance it t is only necessary to go over the land and once in harvesting and en silling a crop of field corn full details concerning varieties of corn for silage laere si length of growing season in in different parts of the state arid plans plana and methods for constructing trench silos are contained in extension circular 50 which will be kaied free on request w |