. The book of corn; a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others--a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . lds onehundred and thirty tons. He has stored whole corn inthis manner for twelve years and is perfectly claims that it is sweeter and that his animals eat itmore readily than when cut. The cost of putting tip silage will depend upon thedistance from the field, the implements used, etc. As ageneral rule and with ordinary applia
. The book of corn; a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others--a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . lds onehundred and thirty tons. He has stored whole corn inthis manner for twelve years and is perfectly claims that it is sweeter and that his animals eat itmore readily than when cut. The cost of putting tip silage will depend upon thedistance from the field, the implements used, etc. As ageneral rule and with ordinary appliances silage can beput up for about forty cents per ton. Some farmershave done this work for twenty to twenty-five cents perton and some have paid sixty to eighty cents. The preserving of feed in the silo makes it possiblenot only to secure succulent forage in winter, when 142 THE BOOK OF CORN green crops are not available, but also provides greeftfodder during drouths in summer and autumn. Anumber of experiment stations have tested silage twoor three years old and find that where it kept well itwas just as good as when only six months old. Prac-tical farmers have had the same experience and find itmuch the cheapest method of supplying succulent feed. Fig 39—Filling the Silo during that part of the year when pastures are not needed the first summer it can be held until thenext winter or even the next summer. Many arecoming to believe that soiling and the silo are moreeconomical than trying to provide pasturage forfarm animals. Preserving Green Crops Without Silo—Variousattempts have been made to preserve green crops with-out a silo. The plan is to stack them in the open air SILOS 143 as compactly as possible. The outer layer will decom-pose and form a coating which will exclude air fromthe interior. The stack then in a sense becomes a a few attempts have been made with corn, butwith clover, cowpeas and soy beans numerous testshave uniformly resulted in dis
Size: 1818px × 1374px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidbookofcornco, bookyear1904
