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THUBSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1919 THE HENDERSONVILLE NEWS, HENDERSONVILLE, N. C. Agricultural D EDITED BY VICTOR J. GARVIN The articles appearing in this Department were written by Members of the Live-Stock and Dairying Courses of Hendersonville and Flat Rock High Schools, who are themselves practical farmers The agricultural department of this ). ' paper was started in hope that some of the information given through it might be of some practical value to farmers and livestock men throughout Western North Carolina. There is being held S. at both the Hendersonville and Flat Rock High Schools a course in Live stock and Dairying, under the instruc tion of the writer. The members of these classes are many of the best young farmers and dairymen of our county, most of them sons of our pro gressive farmers. These boys have had the practical experience on their rtwn farms and now wish to avail themselves of the opoprtunity to find out what me Desi iarmert, iu parts of the country are doing. These . courses are being conducted unaer . federal aid and are open to all boys in Henderson county who have reached the age of 14 years or older. iew students may enter at any time, but the sooner the better. The articles which will appear eacn I week in these columns are vvnucu uj members of these two classes and are looked over or edited by the writer, j As these boys progress farther in their work the articles will have a more di rect application to local conditions. If you wish to keep in touch with the latest and best methods and practices along agricultural and live-stock lines read these columns each week in The News. During the past week the members of these classes nave Deen biuuymg , about dairy cows and the feeding of j dairy cows. The question of silos and silage arose and it was thought advis- j able to put the substance of the class- j room discussion into print, borne of , the boys had had more or less exper ience with silos and the feeding of silage, others possessed but little knowledge concerning it. Twenty-five or thirty years ago there were indeed few farmers who knew what a silo was. Probably not one in a hundred had ever seen a silo or fed silage to their stock. In this day and age silos are nearly as common as barns. Throughout the best and most highly developed farming and dairy ing sections of our country there is not one farmer in one hundred who would be without one. The writer has heard many say that they would want to quit farming and sell off their ; x i xi t- j j. j 111 j. 1 siuck. 11 tuey nau 10 uo wiuiuui a siiu and silage again. In this, day and -age even those farmers who have never fed silage and even those who have never seen a silo know that a silo is an air tight structure used for the preservation of green coarse fod der in a succulent condition. And they know that the silage is the feed taken out of the silo after it has gone through a fermenting process. I iuuis r. owill, ueau ot uie owiu, parts aS well as because of fennen Packmg Company, says regarding the tation wnich Ites plaee while th5 i "Probably tne sno is one 01 me musi j There is only one known method of important elements that has been in- i keeping food for cows and other live troduced into the stocK feeding situa,- stock green and palatable and at the tion in late years. Its value was first same time preServe the entire feed recognized in feeding for milk pro- ing vaiue. This is by means of the eduction; but hundreds of. tests con- silo The silo enables us to preserve - ducted by state and federal experiment a iarger quantity of the food materials i stations and by individuals operating of the original fodder for the feeding on a comemrcial scale, have estab- of farm animals than is possible by lished the fact that ensilage is the key any other system of preservation now to profitable and economic feeding for known. beef. Not only does it contribute im- j A great many silos are to be found mensely to the health of cattle but, in in those sections of the country where combination with concentrates, it re- j extensive dairying is ' carried on . suits in astonishing gains of weight ' Those who have used a silo in the at greatly reduced cost. The silo also has a most direct and important re lation to the fertility of the farm. Then, too, it often operates as an in surance against loss by reason of a short corn season . There is no sign upon the skyline of American meat production and American agriculture in general more important than the silo." - Regarding the use of silage in the growing and fattening of beef cattle, II. M. Cottrell, formerly agricultural commissioner of the Rock Island Railroad, and at present agriculturist for the city of Memphis, Tenn., says as follows: "An adequate supply of beef for the United States can be secured only by the stockmen throughout the country adopting silage as the basis of their feed rations both while growing cattle and while fattening them . The cost of making beef with grain and dry for age is greater than the majority of the consumers can pay for it and. farmers find it more profitable to sell grain than to feed it. Silage saves a large proportion of grain needed in fatten ing animal3 . It saves the need of any grain while cattle are growing. Si lage fed cattle gain faster than those dry fed. They finish quicker and the meat is better marbled . Cattle fed si lage while fattening require 30 per cent less grain to make each 100 pounds of increase in weight than do cattle fed under the best methods of dry feeding." Many farmers say, "Well, I might build a silo if it didn't cost so much." They have a mistaken idea that it should be an expensive one. As a matter of fact any man who is at all handy with a hammer and saw can build a home-made silo in a short time and without much difficulty. Of course it will not have as long a iite as some of the better ones, but it will eable him to profit through the use of it and within a few years will make enough money for him so that he will be able to build a good one . . Anv farmer who wishes to know how to construct a cheap type of silo with which to begin his silo experience epartmen may obtain it either by addressing the writer or any member of tfiese agri cultural classes. VICTOR J. GAllVIN. FEEDING SILAGE TO SWINE (By Hixie Peace) It would seem that it would be a profitable investment for any one who raises hogs on' an extensive scale to build a small silo and feed silage as a part of the ration. Some farmers and swine raisers have tried feeding silage to their hogs with but little llumber of our best nog raisers have ha(j gooa SUCcess with it. Many feed it reguiariy It is very r,ossjbie thar it is th riifferpnr. in n,a nnaiitr nf the silae wnich causes the difference in opinion as to its value as a feed for hogs. It is possible to have poor silage as well as poor hay or grain. It is certain that the feeding of si lap-fi yelr tr l-ccn nn the flnw nf mil in the sows just as would a good clov er pasture. When silage forms at least a part of the ration of sows we fund that when farrowed the pigs are more robust and take to nursing soon er than when the sows are fed on dry feed alone. And it is advisable to start them under the best possible conditions . At the start care should be taken to feed not more than a pound at a time nixed with corn meal, shorts or some other concen- trated f eed . The food of hogs should be made up of easily digested grain feed Rather bulky feed like silage can only be fed to advantage in small quantities, not to exceed three or four poUnds per head per day. Accordingly, silage if fed carefully, is advised especially for brood sows since it will aid in keeping their sys tem in good condition and will keep up the flow of milk. - FEEDING SILAGE TO HAIRY COWS (By William N. Slattery) It is very evident to most of us that we had rather eat a nico juicy apple than a piece of driad one. Tden whv should not tTi samp tli in t- rr true with animais? Is k unreasonable to suppose that they prefer fresh or palatable food instead of simply dry fodder? past,irp srassps nrA tht idpnl tVtml ' for dairy cows as well as other Jive stock, but these grasses are not available more than a few months in the year. The same thing holds true with all soiling crops and tame grass- ' es as well . - When made into hay the grasses and other green crops not only become less palatable but lose I some of their food value because of 1 the loss of leaves and other tender plants are drying out. feeding of their dairy herd say that they would never agan he without one. Silage exerts a very good in fluence on the winter secretion of milk, keeping up the milk production where otherwise it might fall down considerably . Most people have ob served that during the winter season when cows are usually fed on dry roughness with some grain that even at the best they drop in their milk. Then when put out on spring pastures their milk suddenly increases. This is due not alone to the probably great er feeding value in the green pasture but likewise to the greater palatabil ity. So it would seem that even though it cost more to put our feed up as silage it would pay, if we wish to keep up the milk production of our cows, and certainly it pays to do this latter during the winter when milk is worth more than in the summer time. But when it comes right down to the actual figures silage costs less, con sidering the actual feeding value in it, i than do most other forms of feed. As the result of many experiments throughout the county it has - been shown that the loss in the dry curing of fodder, especially corn fodder, even under the best conditions ana where it is put under a shed awav from the effects of the weather, amounts to from one third to one half of the weight . But this loss in weight does not consist simply in the loss of moisture, and if that were all it could be supplied again when fed. But the loss in weight is caused also by the loss or waste of food materials contained in the fodder from fermen tation or the action of what, is known as enzymes. This wasted food cannot be replaced. It is lost and means wasted dollars to the feeder. It is thought by many people that the acid contained in the silage will cause the milk of cows to sour more rapidly than will the milk of cows fed on dry feed, but this is not true . Several experiments have been con ducted in which the milk from silage fed cows and that from dry fed cows was taken and put side by side in J pails in a room with a temeprature of say 40 degrees and it was noticed that both began to sour at about the same time which went to disprove the theory that the acid in silage had any effect upon the souring of the milk. Again, it was thought for awhile by some persons that the milk of silaae fed cows did not have as good flavor as that from dry fed cows. This is not true. Just to prove that it was not, samples of milk from silage fed and dry fed cows were given to 372 people. Sixty percent of them pre ferred the milk of cows fed on silage, 29 percent preferred that of the dry fed cows and 11 percent of them could see no difference and had no choice . In closing I would advise all dairy men who wish to keep up the flow of their cows during the winter to build a silo if possible. A small silo does not cost much and may mean the difference between profit and loss. MISS OTHELLO JOHNSON MARRIED AT LANFOIil), S. C. The following clipping taken from the Spartanburg Herald will be of in terest tb friends of Miss Othello Johnson, who remember her as a fre quent visitor to her sisters in the city. Mrs. Frank Randall and Mrs. J. F Byers : A marriage of much social interest took place on Wednesday afternoon, November lzth. at 6 o clock, when iviiss utneno jonnson became the bride of John Payne from Greenwood, S. C. The ceremony was performed in the bride's home by Rev. Mr. Wil liams . me eiii ir uecuiiii'uus were m keeping with the autumn season. The reception hall was banked with state ly ferns, white and yellow chrysan themums. In the parlor the same col or note of white and yellow prevailed, while the dining room presented an entirely different scene, an artistic ar rangement of pink Kilarney roses . Mrs. C. D. Cox, a sister of the bride, played Mendelssohn's wedding march softly, preceding and through out the ceremony. The bride dressed in her traveling suit of blue silvertone velour, with ac cessories that harmonized, entered the parlor with the groom. She carried a bouquet of bride's roses and ferns, tied with white maline. Underneath an arch made of ferns, white and yel low enrysantnemums they were met by the bride's pastor. A bountiful dinner was served to twenty-five guests. Among the guests were: Mesdames J. F. Byers and Frank Randall, sisters of the bride, and their husbands, and little Frank Byers, from Hendersonville. Mr. Payne is a prominent business man from Greenwood. PLEASANT BIRTHDAY PARTY Mrs. K. G. Morris entertained Fri day evening with a theatre party in honor of her daughter, Miss Irma's, sixteenth birthday. After returning from the theatre, refreshments were seived to the fololwing guests: Miss es Virginia Walker, Nelle Morris, Mar jorie'Carson, and Emmy Goodlow Gre gory; Messrs Roy Williams, Ralph Russ, Harris Goodman and Jim Hinds . Tlie Climax "ews Stand now owns flic LVc le 'e-ivs Stand business. Tisit the Climax for your reading matter. f U It ROUBLE LJ I ' - - A 1 i - is a common aiimem matj m people are too prone to neg- f lect until the danger line is jj if reached. Don't YOU do it! J W Get a 35c bottle of 1 I DRTHACHER'S I DIARRHOEA I I MIXTURE 1 f from your drug store and B Jf have it ready at the first 3 JP symptom of Diarrhoea, Flux, J S Cholera. Infantum etc. In use H f ;:? half a century. Pleasant w and harmless. THACHER MEDICINE CO. f Chattanooga, Tenn. U.S.A. L i oa ire! We can make any kind of re pairs on tires, and ive uncondi tionally guarantee our work. Tires cost too 'much real money not to get the fullest mileage out of them. We can help you do this . . A strictly modern plant and experienced workmen only. lYe do vulcanizing as it should be done. Try us and see under our money-back guarantee.. ' Staton Vulcanizing Co. 'EAR THE STATION SEVENTH ATENUE, EAST RfoTTi n T ENLISTS IN NAVY Jesse W. Bell, of Flat Rock, was ao rPTstf1 vostArdav fnr enlistment in tho n,, iapoi n91nr tion and was sent to Raleigh to be sworn in. He enlisted for two years as apprentice seaman and selected the training istation at San Francisco as the one at which ne wished to receive his training. From Asheville Citi- zen. YALE SCHOOL HONOR ROLL For not having missed a day in Oc tober: 1st grade, Jenevieve Sizemore; Srd grade, Dora Collins. 4th grade, Franklin Cantrel, Dennis Cairnes. 5th grade, Dallas Suttles. 7th grade, Flave Dalton. For Scholarship: 1st grade, Gladys Blythe, Luther Suttles. 3rd grade, Dora Collins. 7th grade, Robert Sut tles. 8th grade, Madge Case, Eula McCullough . YISITS 15 COUNTIES V. E. Grant has resumed his work as city mail carrier after a leave or absence of several days the first va cation he has enjoyed during the 12 years of his service as government employe. Mr. Grant, who is district manager of the Woodmen of the World and junior past head consul of the state, traveled in the latter capacity in the 15 counties of this district during his leave of absence. After you eat always take ATOM I ( FOR YOUR ACID-STOMACH) Instantly relieves Heartburn, Bloat ed Gassy Feeling. Stops food souring, repeating, and all stomach miseries. Aids digestion and appetite. Keeps stomach sweet and strong. Increases Vitality and Pep. EATONIC is the best remedy. Tens of thou sands wonderfully benefited. Only costs a cent or two a day to use it. Positively guaranteed to please or we will refund money. Get a bis box today. You will see. THE JUSTUS PHARMACY You will be surprised at the amount of work you can do with a FULLER & JOHNSON Model "K" Throttling Governor Kerosene Engine It's a trreat worker stands op and will 3ervo you faithfully with the least cost formany years. Users everywhere will tell you o. Desirable eize up to 25 II. P.. stationary and portable. Send for Catalog No. 22A for fall information and what users say. FULLER & JOHNSON MFG. CO. Builders of Farm Engine Madison. Wis. JOHN EWBANK Agent, R. F. D. .6 M - g I i iTllL 1 or Qasick Come CALL FOR MEETING OF HOSPITAL ASOCIATION ' The Hendersonville Hospital Asso ciation will have its annual meeting at the home of Mrs. O. V. F. Blythe on Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, All members are urged to attend. "We are prepared to remedy them and- at a very reasonable cost. MYe know how. lYe guarantee our work, for none but ex perienced mechanics are employed here, and all work is done under our personal supervision. We want your business and if fair treatment will get it, it will be ours. . - Battery service is one of our specialties and wc ask a trial. TFe do welding, and do it right. We seir all kinds of suppHes, and the best oils and gasoline on the market. Service is the motto of this firm. Third Avenue West Next 10 Blue Ridge Inn PHONE 21 I I U4 We sell you service no less than than the things usually found in a first class modern drug store The prescriptions compounded by us repre sent this service in its finest' aspect. Purest drugs, utniost care; Main Street, oMie Formerly used as auxiliary power current but installation of new makes it unnecessarry for our use. Sale S3S.00 in and inspect it. HE T Mrs. GARREN ENTERTAINS Mrs. S. M. Garreri entertained Sat urday evening in honor of her bro ther, Mr. Beatty, who recently re turned from France. Music and games were enjoyed after which refresh ments were served to about thirty guests. 0) JO Corner Fifth ? 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