144 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



A sure crop of roughage. 



Large yield per acre at a comparatively small cost per ton. 



Increases the stock carrying capacity of the farm. 



The nutrients of corn conserved in efficient form. 



No waste in feeding, and but little in keeping. The spoiled layer of 

 silage on top can be thrown to the hogs, and they wall gather the corn 

 from it. Better still, husk out the fodder and run stover only on top 

 of the silo, thus you will waste no corn grain; stover is cheap. 



Succulent, furnishing pasture conditions in the winter time. 



Palatable, relished by all domestic animals. 



Convenient to feed. No long hauls on wet land; no muddied and 

 puddled fields; no snow up the coat sleeves, as in the fodder way. 



Conserves fertility, indirectly, by removing the temptation of selling 

 corn from the farm. 



May supplement drouth-stricken pastures. 



Stores and keeps well, much better than clover hay, which inclines 

 to become dusty. 



Economically stored. 



Help to destroy w^eeds. 



Puts finish and bloom on stock such as few other feeds do. 



Silage-fed cattle ship well if handled ri^tly. 



May save immature corn. 



Jerome Smitii, Corning : Dees all this profit come about by the 

 uee of the Iowa silo, and does that mean one built in Iowa? 



Professor Evvard : We refer to the Iowa silo because it really is 

 a farm silo — the hollovN' block silo, made out of the clay products of 

 the soil. This silo has been pushed by the engineering department 

 at Ames, and has been found very successful. Although we have 

 been bulieted around by the wooden silo and other silo men, the 

 Iowa s"lo is good; it will keep silage as well as any other silo, and 

 it is as cheap. I am not sure that you can store silage for 23 cents 

 a ton in all the other silos, and I know you can in the Iowa silo. 



A Member: My brother has a hollow block silo, and the silage 

 has spoiled for eight inches all the way around. What is the 

 trouble ? 



Professor Evvard: The silage probably was not tamped well 

 around the edges. It is important in putting up silage to keep a 

 man going around at the A^ery edge and keep it tamped down solid- 

 ly. It may be that that could be remedied somewhat by putting a 

 thin coat of cement on the inside of the silo. I would advise you to 

 v/rite to Professor Davidson, of the engineering department. 



A Member : There were two men Avorking in this silo continually, 

 and on the second filling they ran the hose up into the silo and wet 



