U ELEMENTS OF FARM PRACTICE 



Arithmetic: 



1. How manj' feet of lumber in a piece of 4 x 4 six feet long? 

 How much is it worth at $30 per thousand feet. 



2. If it takes about 2 hours to make a corn tree, how mucb does 

 it cost for labor, if the boy's time is worth 6c per hour? 



3. If it takes 14 ft. of twine to hang up 10 ears of corn, by the 

 double string method, how many feet will it take to hang up 200 ears 

 of corn? How much will it cost, if twine is worth 8c per pound? (500 

 feet per pound.) 



CORN FOB SILAGE 



Com silage is being used throughout the Com Belt 

 in ever increasing amounts. This is due to the fact that 

 corn is the surest crop that is grown in that section of the 

 country. The corn crop is more nearly controlled by the 

 farmer, and less likely to be injured by drouth, hot wind, 

 insect pests, diseases and hail than such crops as grass or 

 grain. This advantage is due to the fact that the com crop 

 is cultivated and may be kept growing well when the dry 

 weather or hot winds destroy or greatly reduce the hay or 

 grain crop. 



Live stock can not be profitably kept without an assured 

 supply of suitable feed. Where silage is not available it 

 is often necessary to sell off a large part of the stock in dry 

 years, because the pastures are short or because not enough 

 hay was produced to winter them. With a silo full of good 

 com silage one can be reasonably sure of feed for stock 

 either winter or summer. 



Feedinjg Value of Silage. — In silage all the nutrients, 

 produced in the corn crop, both in the ear and in the staJk, 

 are saved. Dry com stalks make fairly good feed, but 

 usually half of the stalks are left uneaten by the stock. 

 These stalks are not only wasted but are troublesome in 

 the yard or barn. Good silage is much more palatable 

 and relished more by cattle than dry stalks. Not only 

 are more of the stalks eaten in the form of silage, but, because 

 the silage is relished better, a larger part of that eaten is 

 digested. There is no way known by which a large part 

 of the whole corn plant can be made more palatable for 

 Uve stock than in silage. Silage, because it is succulent 

 (juicy), comes more nearly furnishing summer conditions, 

 for stock in the winter than any other farm feed. 



