TENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART IV ]:^3 



Mr. Claus : I want to endorse the statement made by Mr. Mur- 

 ray with reference to snap corn, and also com fodder. I have 

 fed snap corn and corn fodder, and found that it is about the best 

 all-around feed that we can get. I believe that we as feeders are 

 making a mistake by leaving our stock in the tield and feeding 

 them just the bare corn. La.st winter I fed four loads of cattle on 

 practically nothing but corn fodder and snaj) corn, and I have had 

 them make a gain of over 100 pounds per month. I mixed wdth 

 that feed about two pounds of cottonseed meal. They have done 

 better on this than cattle I have fed on shock corn and hay, and I 

 believe that we could save ourselves a little by cutting up our corn 

 and feeding more fodder, as well as snapping the corn for the cattle. 



>\Ir. Downing: I would like to ask the gentleman if in handling 

 the corn in that way — cutting it n]) — the labor would not make a 

 difference. 



Mr. Claus: I think we can put the coin in the shock about as 

 cheap if not cheaper than we can husk it ; and as we have to employ 

 help anyhow to do the feeding, it -is but little more work to haul in 

 the fodder and feed it to the cattle than it is to haul in hay or 

 any other kind of feed. And besides, we can shorten up the long 

 siege of corn husking considerably by cutting up the corn. 



President Sykes : It occurs to me that some might be interested 

 in the silo proposition. You know we had a very able feeder 

 deliver an interesting address on silos and ensilage a year ago, and 

 now we have a man Avith us who has been trying the silo proposition 

 from a feeding standpoint. Tlu're may be others that 1 am not 

 familiar with, but I know ]\Ir. Brockway has had some practical 

 experience with the silo and ensilage, and I am going to ask him 

 to give us a little review of it at this time. 



Mr. Brockw^ay: I am not ready to talk on this subject yet. 

 because I am just in the process of finding out. A year from now 

 I hope I will be able to tell you a great deal moi-e than at present. 

 Last year I built one, silo, 2-4 feet in diametei- and 30 feet high. 1 

 got started late in the season, and only got it about two-thirds 

 full. I used that feed in the muddy period along about the last of 

 February. This year I raised^ that silo 12 feet and built another 

 one just like it. They are both practically full. I expect to open 

 those silos some time the first of the year and use them on my 

 stock. There is one thing that I can tell you about, and that is 

 tile expense of operating. Tn these two silos were put about 11 (• 



