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By cutting it for hay before it becomes too woody it 

 makes a good winter food. Green corn, sorghum, 

 millet and other crops may be grown for summer 

 feed. All these crops should be fed in the stable, and 

 not "over the fence" in a pasture-field. If possible, 

 they should be run through a cutting-box, thus 

 saving a waste of about twenty-five "per cent, as 

 compared with feeding them whole. 



In the making of good corn silage the two main 

 points are to have an air-tight silo, which may be 

 made of cement or wood, and to have the corn crop 

 well matured before cutting or shredding it into the 

 silo. Select a variety of corn which will give a large 

 crop of ears and stalks, and one which will mature in 

 the locality before frost. Provide about four tons of 

 silage for each mature animal in the herd. Twenty 

 cows will require eighty tons of silage, which should 

 grow on about five acres of land. 



FOOD-COST OF MILK, BUTTER AND CHEESE. 



The average food-cost of milk in the O. A. College 

 Herd for three years (1896, 1897 and 1898) was 46 

 cents per 100 pounds. The average cost for the food 

 to produce one pound of butter was 10^ cents, and 

 the cost for one pound of cheese was 4.85 cents. 



For six months (May to October), the average food 

 cost of one pound of butter was 8.88 cents, and for 

 one pound of cheese, it was 3.96 cents. For the six 

 winter months (November to April), the average food- 

 cost of one pound of butter was 12.65 cents, and for 



