THE SUMMER SILO 45 



The use of a summer silo does not prevent the 

 profitable production of other crops than corn. 

 Frequently such crops as rye and crimson clover, 

 when they are grown as catch -crops, have been 

 successfully ensilaged in the spring for summer 

 use. 



With the use of the summer silo it would be 

 quite possible to carry as many animals as by the 

 soiling system, providing the rotations were so 

 arranged as to permit of more than one crop per 

 year on the same area (as, for example, rye, wheat 

 and crimson clover) , and if a large area of alfalfa 

 were grown for hay to furnish protein for both 

 winter and summer rations. The economics of the 

 summer silo have not yet been fully worked out, 

 but the question is one that has much promise as 

 a means of reducing the cost of food, and of 

 increasing the number of animals that may be 

 kept on a given area. 



