110 Missouri Agricultural Report. 



Mr. W. Guy Ensign, Cameron, Clinton county, Mo., has used a 

 Jiilo one winter, filled it with corn, fed to milk cows and calves. He 

 says, "Our cows milk on silage about the same as on grass. Calves 

 grow fine on it," and adds, "We started in last winter with more 

 stock than we had carried through for some time, and on account of 

 the dry weather we had less feed than usually, and we have got feed 

 (hay and roughage) to carry over. Ensilage seems to be a very 

 healthy food. For instance, we had a horse that always stayed poor 

 and not in good spirits till we started to feed him silage, and from 

 that time he began to pick up. I think for a man who owns a farm 

 and keeps either milk cows or who is growing young stock, cannot 

 afford to get along without one. It seems to keep cattle healthy." 



Mr. E. V. Mahaffy, Pleasant Hill, Cass county, Mo., has used a 

 silo more than two years, fills with corn, cowpeas, sorghum and 

 alfalfa, feeds to milk cows and hogs with "good" results. In 

 answer to the question, "Does the money come to you enough faster 

 with the silo to pay for the trouble?" He answers, "Yes," and 

 adds, "A great many make the mistake of letting the corn get too 

 ripe. I think the best time is to cut the corn when it is just too 

 hard for roasting ears. If you put good silage in the silo, and pack 

 it well, it will come out good, as the silo makes it no better. It just 

 keeps the feed. This is the only economical way of feeding. We 

 feed silage the year around with good results." 



Mr. Henry Logan, Sedalia, Pettis county, Mo,, has used a silo 

 eight years, fills with corn, feeds to "cattle, cows, hogs, calves and 

 horses" with "good" results and adds, "I would not be without the 

 silo under any consideration. I cut my corn in September when 

 the weather is good, and in about five days I have 250 tons of feed 

 in the silo. That runs me for 12 months. I feed my cows the year 

 around. There is nothing on the farm that pays better than the 

 silo." 



Mr. H. M. Packard, Kenoma, Barton county. Mo., has used a 

 silo eight years, fills with "corn fodder with a little shredded cane 

 on top. That way it will keep very near perfect to the top." Feeds 

 to dairy cows with "good" results and adds, "I think it is the cheap- 

 est feed I can get. I would not be without the silo. I thought one 

 year I could get along without, but found that I could not. Built 

 a concrete." 



Mr. H. C. Goodrich, Calhoun, Heniy county, Mo., says "No 

 dairyman can afford to be without a silo. I consider it the best 

 and cheapest way to save the whole corn crop. I have fed ensilage 

 to dairy cows for 12 or 13 years." 



