Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 177, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1918 — CANNED CORN IS FAVORED BY COW [ARTICLE]

CANNED CORN IS FAVORED BY COW

Succulent Feed Provided for Live Stock When Pasture Is Not Available. SILAGE REDUCES FEED BILL No Other Food Will Combine So Well With Dry Hay and a Little Grain to Produce the Maximum Economical Results. . Can for the cow—in a silo! Fruits and green vegetables are canned to supply succujent and palatable foods for the family during the winter. Succulence is just as essential to the cow as to a human being. The abundant milk flow obtained_from .Tune pasture to a large extent is due to the succulence of the grass. Silage provides succulent feed during winter when pasture is not available. Silage is palatable, and ho other feed will combine so well with dry hay and a little grain to produce maximum economical results.

Use of Silo Growing. Dairy farmers especially have appreciated the value of silage as a milk producer. But silage is a good and cheap feed for beef cattle, and also for sheep and horses. Its value for beef cattle Is Illustrated by the fact that the bureau qf animal industry of the United Stated" department of agriculture, in co-operation with state authorities and county agents, at present Is conducting a campaign to Increase the number of silos on beef cattle farms. With more* silos more beef cattle can be produced economically and fed during the winter. The campaign is being given special attention in the Southern states, particularly in territory recently freed from cattletick quarantine, where the production of beef cattle Is on the increase. Saving Corn Crops. Silage is regarded as an excellent way of preserving a mature corn crop or of saving one which for any reason must be harvested before maturity. About 40 per cent of the total food material in the corn plant is in the stalks and'leaves. When the farmer harvests only the ears he loses nearly one-half of the crop. On the other hand, when the crop is put into the silo the loss is very small. When drought, frost or insects attack a field of corn before it is ripe, the entire crop may be lost unless the farmer has a silo ready in which to preserve It. No feed crops can be so successfully harvested under widely varying conditions as those that go into the slid. Only in case of drought or frost is It necessary to rush the filling of the silo. Rain or dew on forage does not Injure the silage. Now Is Time for Silos. The sflo at all times, and particularly how. offers to the farmer one of the best means of reducing his feed bills. The present great emergency

makes conservation of grain a necessity, and grain can be saved by feeding silage. / These questions are before farmer who keeps cattle: Have you a silo? If you have not your herd is not most economically fed. Why not build a silo and fill it before frost comes? If you have one, is it big enough to supply all the silage your cattle can eat before the next crop is harvested? If not, build another! You can buy one ready to erect or you can build one yourself. Call on the extension department of your state agricultural college for assistance you may need, or write to the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C„ for billn of material with full specifications for silos of different dimensions. This government help costs farmers nothing.

Treating Heated Horses.

Do not bleed horses that have fallen from sunstroke or heat exhaustion. Apply ice or very cold water to the head and spine. Give half an ounce of carbonate of ammonia in one pint of water as soon as the animal is able to swallow freely. Repeat the dose in one hour if the pulse has not become slower. Showering the horse with cold water frojn a hpse is good treatment and should be repeated until the body temperature is reduced to 103 degrees Fahrenheit. It helps in some cases to rub the legs briskly with wisps of hay or straw. After the horse has again become able to eat readily, specialists' of the United States department of agriculture advise that the following dose of tonic be given In his feed for a few days eiiich morning and evening: Sulphate of Iron, one dram; gentian, three drams; red cinchona bark, two drams, mixed in the feed.

Needs and Habits of Bheep.

The needs and habits of sheep differ widely from those of horses, cattle and swine, but present no problems that will not be met by Interested study and observation supported by satisfactory returns.