. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. CORN AND THE SORGHUMS FOR FORAGE 159 merely carrying animals thru the winter. For fattening animals, dairy cows producing heavy yields of milk, and horses at hard work, a more accurate measure of its value is the net energy it supplies. Yet, even on this basis the stover furnished one-fourth the net energy of the crop. This shows clearly the loss of animal food which occurs each year when unnumb
. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. CORN AND THE SORGHUMS FOR FORAGE 159 merely carrying animals thru the winter. For fattening animals, dairy cows producing heavy yields of milk, and horses at hard work, a more accurate measure of its value is the net energy it supplies. Yet, even on this basis the stover furnished one-fourth the net energy of the crop. This shows clearly the loss of animal food which occurs each year when unnumbered acres of corn stover are allowed to decay in the fields. Corn silage.—Indian corn is pre-eminently a silage plant. The solid, succulent stems and broad leaves when cut into short lengths. Fig. 45.—Large, "Well-made Shocks of Corn Lessen the Wastage To lessen the loss from weathering, corn fodder and stover should be placed in large, well-made shocks. Even then a greater loss usually occurs than when the corn is ensiled. pack closely and form a solid mass which not only keeps well but fur- nishes a product that is greatly relished by stock and is consumed with little waste. Altho with enlarging experience the use of other crops for silage is increasing rapidly, by far the greater portion of all the forage stored in silos in this country is corn. The use of corn silage has practically revolutionized the feeding of dairy cattle over a large part of the United States, and is fast becoming almost equally important in the feeding of beef cattle and sheep. Thru its. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Henry, W. A. (William Arnon), 1850-1932; Morrison, F. B. (Frank Barron), 1887-1958. Madison, Wis. , The Henry-Morrison company
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