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EASTERN EDITION , A Farm and Home Weekly for ,The Carolinasj Virginia, Georgia, and Florida, FOUNDED 1886, AT RALEIGH, N. C. Vol XXXIII. No. 21. URDAY, MAY 25, 1918 " WP. "WWi'mI 4,1 ,J .l.J-.M-fiJJ-J. .. . , . $1 a Year; 5c a Copy USE THE SILO T9 SAVE FEED BILLS THE cattle rai$er, be he dairyman or beef producer, must ever reckon the matter pf feeds and feeding one of his biggest problems. He must not only be a first-class farmer if he is to grow feeds at the lowest possible cost, but at the same time he must be an expert feeder if his animals are to utilize the feeds to best advantage. It has become almost an axiom among success ful livestock men that buying feeds means court ing failure. Right now thousands of dairymen near our large cities are sorely pressed by high feed prices, and many of them are actually quit ting the business. They are learning the bitter lesson that dairying on bought feeds cannot be made to pay, and the same is true of beef cattle rais ing. As a means of providing cheap, succulent cattle feed, the silo is unequalled. Its use simply enables the farm er to put away for winter use, to "can", in fact, the litii CI it 1 A. ... 5' s KILLING TlfE SILQ ON AN UP-TO-DATE DAIRY FARM succulent green feed, and any cattle man knows that there's nothing like green feed for getting milk and butter or for pushing beef animals. Good, permanent pastures are of course essential, and they must be provided; but with the very best of management pastures cannot be depended upon to furnish grazing all the year. There comes a time every winter when pastures are bare and brown, and to bridge this gap the silo is indis pensable. It furnishes rough feed at a lower cost than can be had in any other way. Not only this, but it furnishes the feed in a form more palatable to cattle than dry roughage can ever be, and suc culence and palatability are big factors in determ ining the value of any feed, as every livestock man knows. If you have twelve or fifteen head of cattle or more to winter, you should carefully consider making a silo part of your farm equipment. In these days of high-priced feeds, the man who can produce them cheaply has taken a long step toward making his livestock pay. This the silo will help you to do. If you need a silo, get in touch with your agri cultural college today and get all the information you need in building it. At the same time, put in a big acreage of crops for filling it this fall. DON'T FAIL TO READ- Paffe A Sweet Potato Curing House . . 4 Plant Late Irish Potatoes 4 A Page of Silo Experience Letters 6 Silos and Silage ........ 7 How to Care for the Head of the Dairy Herd ... . . ... . 8 i The Poultry Yard This Week and Next 9 Prepare Now for Fall and Winter Feeds 10 Some Advantages of the Silo ... 12 Some Factors to Consider in. Building a Silo 12 A Platform of Taxation Reform . .13 How to Wash Blankets . . . . .14 Problems With Little Children ... 14 f frr
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