ExPKKiMi-:.\ TAi. Work in I^ry-Farming r)07 



farms. The most satisfactor}- rates of seeding on dry-farms in the 

 Prescott vicinity are stated in Table LXVI. 



TABLK LX\I. SUGGESTED RATES OF SEEDING ON DRY-EARMS 



Pounds per Acre 



Milo, Kafir, and feterita 3 to 5 



Sudan grass 8 to 10 



Club-top, sumac, and Amber sorghum 2 to 7 



Large beans ( Pinks, etc. ) 9 to 12 



Small beans (Teparies and Navies) and peas 8 to 10 



Wheat and small grains 25 to 35 



Millet and similar crops 10 to 12 



Potatoes (cuttings) 375 to 600 



SIEOS AND ENSILAGE 



Botli pit and above-ground silos are in use on the Prescott Dry- 

 faim. The pit silo, twelve feet in diameter and twenty-seven feet 

 deep, was constructed at a cost of approximately fifty dollars, ex- 

 clusive of labor. A collar, six inches thick and three feet high, the 

 bottom of which is approximately two feet beneath the surface of 

 the ground, was poured first. The pit was then dug to the desired 

 depth and a thin cement wall was poured when the silo was filled in 

 the fall, the fresh ensilage being used in place of a scaffold. Later 

 construction has indicated the desirability of plastering rather than 

 pouring the tinderground wall. The above-ground silo, 12x20 feet, 

 cost $2.75 for each foot in height. 



Silos are virtually necessary to dry-farmers of the region. Kn- 

 silage may be fed to horses, cattle, sheep, and swine, any of which 

 may be maintained during times of scarcity of better adapted feeds. 

 A great advantage lies in the fact that crops, raised during a suc- 

 cessful year, may be stored in silos and utilized in later years of 

 scarcity. Ensilage has been kept for several years without appar- 

 ent depreciation, aside from spoilage on the top layer, which takes 

 place very quickly after the ensilage is made. 



Satisfactory crops for ensilage are mixtures of Cltib-top sor- 

 ghum and Dwarf milo, the former producing a heavy tonnage and 

 the latter a large yield of grain. The importance of quantity rather 

 than quality must not be overestimated, however, as it is probable 

 that from 50 to 75 per cent of the value of most ensilage is in the 

 grain content. Therefore, attention should be paid to the state of 

 maturity of the grain of the ensilage crops. The seed should be as 



