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i;iir chohM-.-i. IIh- white scours. Two cows hiul calvos before the disease 

 api'.eared. It is a coiitaiiious ucrni disease. The jjeriii enters the navel 

 soon allci- liirth, and wiiliiii t wcnry-t'our iioiirs the call" is (h-ad. These 

 liiree calves died Ix-fore we Ivnew wliat was the matter. There were two 

 otlier cows alioiit due. so I went down there and thorouf^hly disinfected 

 tile stable and i)Ut tlicni in anotliei- )>arn. \\'e have had no cases since. 



Mr. Knsl»y: 1 ihinl< tlie cost of lilliui;' a silo can he veiy materially 

 reduced from tlic hiiures you yive h.v .judicious cond)ination in a com- 

 munity. 1 lia\f a silo, and liy coniliiniiiu wiili m.v l)rother and a iieigh- 

 lioi'. we jiui it up foi- les.s than you do. P>y comliination we are al)le to 

 till our silos at a \rvy small expense outside of the ordinary help on the 

 farm. We till a silo of seventy-tive tons in oiu- day. Last year 1 raised 

 aiiout two liusliels to one I raised on my farm tliis year, and yet 1 am 

 wintering more cattle now than I wintered last year, and at this time 

 I have more hay and corn in prospect than I had a year ago. This is on 

 account of the silage. M'ith hut about half the yield of corn, I expect 

 to come out as well as 1 did last year, and 1 liave a few more head of 

 cattle. I did nof have the silo last year. ^ 



Dr. Quick: In feeding from the silo, stress ought to be laid upon the 

 question of dry feed to go with it. .My first exptyience with feeding 

 silage was with pea silage in Colorado. We also tested alfalfa and clover 

 hay. Unless you feed some dry feed— and it is not Avise to have that 

 always bran— it should be richened up with corn meal in order to 

 keep the bulls in proper condition'. We usually feed grown ainmals 

 about fifteen or eighteen pounds of the silage. They will eat more than 

 this, but you can soon get them so they will not injure themselves, and 

 can give the silage to them ad lil)itum, lint it is not advisable to do so 

 for four or five weeks. When they first get the taste and like it. the 

 appetite is abnormal. They will overeat a Avhile and then iierhaps re.lect 

 it. This, hoAvever, is only for the first few months. 



Professor Hill: At first we do not give them all they will eat, but 

 Ave have never given silage to an animal that has not taken to it greedily. 

 We allowance tlicm at lirst and kee]) on increasing the amount. 



Mr. Busby: I notice that if I am a little negligeiU about salt, they 

 get a little off on theii' silage feed. 



Dr. Quick: AVe salt tlie cows giving nulk once a day. 



Professor Hill: You can mix the l)ran or meal or any I'vvd you are 

 giving them. I think they like it better. 



Professor Skinner: IIoav many men here are using silage on their 

 farms? It seems to me it is a significant fact that the Shorthorn men 

 are discussing the <iuestion of silage. There has been a great deal of 



