Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 272, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1911 — FARM AND GARDEN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FARM AND GARDEN

ADVANTAGES OF THE SILO. Preserve* the Grain as Weil as Stalk 3 X -in Best Conditon. No crop furnishes more feed to the acre than corn, and with the sBo it can be utilized for soiling, thus permitting the whole crop to be harvested when at the right stage of maturity and fed when needed, saving both feed and labor. Corn silage is, as a rule, the most economical succulent foodthatcanbe obtained for dairy cows at a season when pasture la not available. Al- ■■■ r ■'' A' ’

though not a balanced ration in itself, it tends to heavy milk production and economical milk can be made by feeding corn silage and a legume hay without the use of much grain. That silage may keep well, the corn should not be cut until most of the kernels are glazed hard and dented, providing the leaves are still green, as shown in the illustration. If too yipe, the silage wilt not settle well add the air will not be sufficiently^excluded to prevent spoiling, It silagd ls * -to keep wejl, the leaves and heavier parts tauSTbe thoroughly mixed, distributed in the silo, and well tramped,Bext the wall. After filling, the top six inbhes should be wet oncer and the whole surface tramped every day for,.a week to obtain a thin, compact layer df well rotted silage which will exclude the air.

- Of 372 comparisons made by the Illinois experiment station on the effect of corn silage on the flavor of milk, 60 per cent were in favor of silage milk, 29 per cent were in favor of non-silage and 11 per cent indicated no preference.

Soft Dough Stage.

Kerneis All Dented.