. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . eans are grown with the corn and theentire crop is put into the silo, the feeding value isgreater, ton for ton, than that of corn alone. This isa much more economical method of obtaining proteinthan by purchasing it in high priced concentrates, asgluten meal, oil meal, etc. If cowpeas are planted at the same time as thecorn and in the row^s with it, they will usually makea fair growth. Since the vines will run up the cornstalks, the entire crop can be cut with the binderthe same as corn alone, making practically no extrawork in hlling the sil
. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . eans are grown with the corn and theentire crop is put into the silo, the feeding value isgreater, ton for ton, than that of corn alone. This isa much more economical method of obtaining proteinthan by purchasing it in high priced concentrates, asgluten meal, oil meal, etc. If cowpeas are planted at the same time as thecorn and in the row^s with it, they will usually makea fair growth. Since the vines will run up the cornstalks, the entire crop can be cut with the binderthe same as corn alone, making practically no extrawork in hlling the silo. The only difficulty inharvesting corn and cowpeas with the corn binderis that, if the corn is missing for a rod in therow, there is nothing to carry the peas back into thebinder, and it is likely to clog. Where there is a fairlyuniform stand of corn, all can be readily bound to-gether. As the stalks of soy beans are much stifferthan those of cowpeas, no difficulty is experienced incutting them with the corn. WINTER RATIONS IN THE CORN BELT. 6(). Stave Silo. Round Silo Built of Shiplap.
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