336 MISSOURI AGRICULTURE REPORT. 



a i6-inch ensilage cutter running, provided we do not have to haul the 

 corn too far. One man cuts bands and feeds the cutter, one man is in 

 the silo to tramp the ensilage and one man runs the engine. We have a 

 Xo. 16 Ohio ensilage cutter and cut the fodder one inch long. The 

 blower shells off the corn and tears up the fodder and makes better feed 

 than the old fashioned carrier and it is less trouble. We pump water to 

 supply the engine and wet the ensilage with a gasoline engine. We have 

 a tank of water near the cutter and keep a small stream running on the 

 fodder as it goes through the blower. Our stock has eaten 95 per cent 

 of the ensilage. We do not raise anything but corn, sorghum and grass 

 and our meadows are well set to clover. We tried cow peas and alfalfa 

 but failed with both. We feed shelled corn and bran to calves to make 

 up for butter fat taken out of the milk. 



"We ship our butter to New York City. It is all made in one pound 

 bricks. In 1903 we made 10,667 pounds of butter from 43 cows and 

 received a net price of 22 cents per pound. In 1904 we made, from 46 

 cows, 11,572 pounds of butter for which we received a net price of 21 

 cents per pound." 



REPORT OF II. C. GOODRICH, CALHOUN, MO. 



'I send you herewith my figures representing my operations in dairy- 

 ing for the last year: 



FEED FED COWS DURING YEAR. 



Bran worth $426 05 



Corn worth 54 00 



Ensilage worth 100 00 



Hay and fodder 276 ';2 



Soy beans, straw and all 25 00 



Pasture 103 00 



Total for 32 cows $986 "jy 



Per cow 2P '^Z 



HEltD RECORD FOR 1902. 



Number of cows kept ^2 



Butter actually churned lbs. per cow 33 ^ 



Cream and milk used in family amounting to lbs. butter per cow. 7 



Total lbs. butter per cow 33^ 



Net price per 100 pounds, after deducting all expenses for pack- 

 ages and marketing $23 80 



