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v-..j-v-s; "t, T"?"-"'''f ; P' .. ; ' ' - '. . - ... . .. ' - '' - XXXV Na 21 SATURDAY, MAY 22. 1920 SI a Year, 5c. a Conr Vol -J. Timely Farm Suggestions ' tly TAIT BUTLER Silos and; Silage lER writes : H plantation cistern. 2; In making- a silo out of this old - " 1 - '' rj: Cistern- difficulty will be exnpriprirp A.a- J Jllll i still READER writes:.! Be an oW. unIess. the wajk of the cistert .are vv,vaA' " v?we? we IOT doueh .ir'-S . nearly perpendicular. The walls of ine WorK Annuals lower wishto conven inro-a suu.. , ;tBe underground silo, as-of all others, A HEADER asks "How mm U,. foltawing . - - - should he snootK and perpendicu A pocottonsied-,al ,5 1 The cistern leaRsnQw; must tais ortfae diameter should' be nearly- uni- h m.v, m K0t,j tornr from -top- to, bottom. If this cistern is jug- shape, a cisterns are generally -made, it will be necessary ta remove the. neck of the jug and build the. walls so as to gve the pit the same; size from its largest part Ifls haw must this Jhe- su!ce.,or a little above the suriase ol tne. ground. . 1 he- top, or be cemented" or would1 the: water Harm the silage? 2. The top will have to he torn off and rebuilt. What shapfc shouldul rebuild it? Zr 3. Does a; gas accumulate; in. anl un derground silo? be gotten out? -0u, auiucuiucs. Km too oiu, mac is wnne it is still green," fioraes and mules. Whea this occurs it, makes a hay which livestock will it is not the fault of silage, but is due eat fairly well. In short, we think to a faulty silo or .faults in puttmg the condition of the 'straw a more im- the. material into the silo. Moldy or portant guide as to when to1 cut rye damaged silage should never be Jed for hay than the state of maturity-of tp horses and mules. the heads. We would rather have it cut before blooming while the straw still green, than to wait until the stage of the grain, when the part of. the straw will cure yel low and hard and will not be eaten by the livestock, But in either case the beards are not likely to. injure the stock. . ' ' v . ' " . 4. Farmery around mej . cbiffl. .that f , shouJd be made ikmzndt soM oi con. hay and aJW.torcat- cretef so as to support covr and not tie best,, that there isi little? fieeding value in silage andithat m wilt be wast ing ray time it making sXUcge. ... - 5. How do- sorghunr and? corn; silage compare in feeding value? 6. What is there about'' silage tfiat kills cattle and; horses ?? 1. It will be necessary to : cement the walls of the silo to prevent seepage. 10 bushels of oats to-properly balance a ration for work stock, when re ceiving crabgrass hay?' We suggest thefollowing: ; 560. tbsi conu. 10 bushels, n 320 tfes. oats, 10 bushel. -170 16s. cottonseed meal'. If 14 pounds of this m&ture is. fed a day. it wilt jve a ration of about., . M lbs corn. 427 lbs. oats. - 236 Sha. cottonseed1 meal: VETEBItlARX PROBLEM break from the effects of wear due to removing, the silage 4i Dry mature cattle may be wintered very satisfactorily on hay or other dry roughage and a little cottonseed; meal, grain or other concentrate;, but dairy cattle,, growing animals and fattening beef cattle do; much better oa suc culent feed,, of which silage is the one In fact the trouble fro seepage, ow- most generally used and thought most carbohydrates and fatSt which. k about ; ing to ine cxcc5sivjc raimaii. aim JUOJ5- cv.uuwMv-4ti iccuuig w -.vtit nr a tiarri vanritintK lw Amenca. Whether a silo will prove profitable 0f c,ourse a smalt easfly kept horse will- depend most largely on the num- 'r mule may get along.-on less than ber of cattle to be wintered but also " pounds of such a, mixture and: a on: the cost of machinery for filling largesse or mule doing, etra hard work, . may j-equire more;, but 14 '.. . .14.00 lbs. Total. ; .';. r-, If 10 pounds of the crabgrass hay is given daily these will furnish a ration, supplying 1 about two- pound's of di gestible protein 12 pounds of diges tible carbohydrates and' sevens pounds of , digestible fat; gjvingr at nutritive ratio of one of protein to about 16; of ture in the sou m air parts or tne South east of Texas and Oftlihoma, is the chief objection to the underground silo. Unless considerable-- expense is incurred in making a good,' tight wall to prevent seepage air underground silo will not be satisfactory in the South, except in the dry sections of the Southwest. It is. stated' that the water table should-' always- be some distance below the bottom of the silo, Bulletin No. 101, Oklahoma' Station, stating: "The pit silo should never be built where the water -level is not some 10 feet or more below the de sired depth of the silo . . The water table being generally-so near the sur face, the heavy rainfall; trie uneven texture and character, of the. soil, all of which make it necessary to go to much expense to prevent seepage, and other objections to- the underground silo, which wilt be' mentioned later, make it inadvisable to construct un derground silos in the- South:. In fact. the evidence is so abundant and plain, that underground silos are'imprac t'cable arid undesirahle in the South. that their COnstmrtinn eUnnlrf tinr hf THRUSH is the term used to, desig- uate a disease oi the- frorro the foot of the: horse Tb.er.ft is; deepen ing, of the depression or cleft int tne centec of the frog; extending; down through the horny frog: into the: sen sitive parts. There ia. often a slight, discharge and a very disagreeable . It & generaHr caused by the ani mal's standing in moist filth;, but cases occur in which, a- weajtenedor run down condition of the anfmal' and other diseajeff of the foot seem to play a part m causing-it. - . The troubles ma? occurs in a front or hind foot, but when seen in the front feet is more common in geld ings; than ia mares. power to drive it must be purchased and there is not considerable other - use for the engine: the cost of this ma chinery will add. considerably to he cost of the silage and: will make it uneconomical for feeding a small number of cattle. B ut if . this mach inery can be hired, or if there is. suf ficient other use for the engine, then the average man can probably not af ford to do without a silo if he has as many as 15. dairy cows or winters or feeds 25 to 30 beef cattle. 5. Taking the available facts or data from numerous experiments or tests, Apart from the cleft in the frog and nmmVfc of f fi.'a rmVtiirA anrT 1ft nnnrrd the offensive' odor,, the Wholfc. hoof of hay will usually prove arair ration njy ecome unusuallydry an hard, for af 1.QO0T to 1,200-pound animal do- v eel may become hot or feverish in a fa rm wnrtr ' W wonM feed six aiIU iCDUcxncss uc lameness may. auiuc pounds, of such' a mixture and all the bay at the night feed,, with four pounds- of the mixture at each of the morning and noon feeds., If only two feeds ate. made daily then, the grain mixture, may be given in two. equal portions, but in- all cases,, where the animals are working. harC all the hay should be given at night and the amount should not be over one pound per day for every 100 pounds of the animaL's weight Three-fourths- of a corn silage is shown to be worth more , . . , A us. e better re loneeuing man suiguuw suagy,, . difference, however, is not nearly so great as some suppose, especially when the sorghum is allowed to ma ture hefnre heini? out into the silo suits, especially if the weather be hot or the animal doing; - hard or fast work. times occur,, especially when, the ani mal steps on anything hard; If the foot be hard and dry it should be poulticed for 24 hpurs. Clean ab sorbent cotton audi water, or wet wheat bran, may be used' as a poultice, but this will not be necessary except in severe cases. When the horn, is softened all loose portions should be removed with a sharp knife and the cleft in the horny frog- widened: or en larged by paring a waythe horn of the sides of the cleft. Then the cleft or crack must be thoroughly cleaned; out and disinfected. To do this it is nec essary to use a thin blunt piece of wood or a probe wound witti a bttle !1 ; n..L.. It .1,. Wnf fir fmm arl ' A re T ' , " sj silage. ' cwimya iv a . aavised Qt course, this statement. rght to state that average corn silage MRyeWNCWtle, ,5-- but Is a Poor Hay J?,"01 aPP17 to western Texas and is not worth? more than 10 per cent l READER asks: "If Abruz2i rye soil moisture conditions are different ir0m those of the fentral Sniithand :the Southeast.'' 'j-lh v i'Vv:.:.':; The next niftct can'mi r&Tortinn tn the underground silo is. the. greater pi ot getting the. heavjr silage; out I0 ieedinj?. Silatre ran Ka liAicteH. hv more than sorghum silage made from ri headed at full maturity will do to mature sorgnum, anu uic wiAtci the opinion that there, is really less 'than this difference in, their feeding values '; . v..' " ' On rhe'other hand in most sections of the South on lands that produce oreValent idea that the,beards on 30 bushels of corn or less per -acre, rye wheat and barley are likely to the laree sorshuma will probably pro- :n;ure livestock. The writer has seen feed to mules or cattle in this stage. as is done, with oats. I am told it will not do to feed headed rye cut like oats." - -- This is another instance, of tnat the coal tar disinfectants: a good' rem edy to use in swabbing and cleaning out the cleft. This should be used, freely utter washing and swabbing " out with clean water in. which the dis infectant has been dissolved one part of coal tar disinfectant to 20 or 40 parts of water j j: 'v '; Some advise swabbing out the cleft with "butter of antimony" once a; day . for several days, after cleansing the cleft. When either treatment has been used once a day for four or five in fi1li'o. it-. . " ' . i . . the li it r97r ,e,sno: Doy.e. grounartnan . frQm- 2S t0 50 per cent more heds of cattle wintered: with siln Lr - horded barley - straw as the aief ,2 "111 ZT Z lI, VI jr iia.na. ivinniacQ rnrw ariri . r . : .- uav iusu 'wv m . PoMey in , small lot , . M -in '6. Silo building and the feeding ot roughage,,- and in&tanceswnere ine .cmedy .than' to dust the cleft full of . . f 7-r r- . inno-or fTnpnfflents.- husrds. did miurv were 01 inc rarest 1 a. i4. i. - 4a Kak. suage arc , iwu6w r ."".-. -...J. ., - -.-cawinci uu wu yuan-n. w .. vt- Silaee is a most excellent reea anu occurrence. miecu, 1 jw w torn of the cleft with a thin Wood pad- iinrier 55uai conuinuu!) uaw v uiuycu w "nr thfrDacK Ol me Diaac oi a daily feeding. - The third r.u:i ' errea to in auestW '.T ar- cumulate ir underground silos. It is las been partly filled and! allowed to iana a fw j . , .1 . vvv y!. xne usuaj. icst . ine presence of carbon dioxide gas - 5110 or we Iantern hefn tern' J -www b uues not go-out,, or continues to n rt!' 11 s regarded as fsafe to. enter. ' acinic resuirsvwin oe oo- when beemrimff refillfriL' fev derable silzfge re entering it most economical and best feed for. the fedr provided thetopk wpn!d:ea4 j, appKed epecday winter feeding - of cattle; PracticaUy.: there;;.wi6uld;; be ;1ittle ;or .no . danget -j or . - ; br 10,'-: with fatteirtioti alt states and also the Unfed - States ;::irom." the.;heardu,tBnt ; tf : cut early tQ tbe place where the ani- Deoartment of Agriculture, have is- . say iri: the early milk stage, or. even . stan4s ary and clean wilt' usually sued, bulletins on silo ,buildmg ana before blooming, as is-nest when it effect a cure. If the anhnat is run- conditlonrattention, must be building it up: with good care. .t-i- t.: ' mir nr at sitoi make - liav i tin nalatahle and will not be Sage and feed it. ; ; ' . - beaten well byvHyestock,;if the straw Except in severe cea rt is-not neo-, " rinA sound snage will not injure is aUowed to get yellow before cut- ; essary to take oft the- shoes or stop , UOOd, souna suagc mu "v w rr , . . i.. t.. :c u rttr;nflh. omrtl W a run-at oas- owinry -. .-r- .. " .. , finnfi ttiraffe" ia; a tmz ana cures ukc sitaw. ouiu me wwu6 iv " - . uwmg some rfmc,M.w. -jiw trt horses, or cattle., woa auge ,uuji Vl .. . . .t ...svtni Ro into ti,- " f""6.: ; j irlle horsed but moldv rye Lis cut before ttie straw Decomes; .lure wm. xrcHcu.y . -a v.,. -"v. anu oeiore enterinsr it.-- . j,"" ::: ' . , . - tained al! "1 V U 5 1. 2
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