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RKXXIK S AGRICULTURE. 



Allow Several 

 Hours to 

 Moisten. 



Quantities of 

 Mixture. 



Alternative for 

 Deficiency. 



Feeding Meal 

 in Mixture. 



of cut clover and cut straw or chaff three or four 

 inches deep. Over this sprinkle a little salt, esti- 

 mating that each animal receive three quarters of an 

 ounce per day. Make the second layer of silage 

 about two inches deep; the third another layer of 

 cut clover and chaff, with another sprinkling of salt ; 

 the fourth layer, pulped turnips, mangels, or sugar- 

 beets, about two inches deep; the above order to 

 be kept until the heap is about four feet high. The 

 pile should be tramped and kept perpendicular at 

 the edges. The size of the heap will of course vary 

 according to the number of animals to be fed. 



It is advisable to prepare sufficient for a day, 

 and several hours ahead, so that the whole mass will 

 become quite moist by the liquid from the roots 

 soaking through the cut feed, and the fermentation 

 from the silage warming up the whole mass, making 

 it succulent like grass. 



Tn preparing the mixture the following propor- 

 tions may be taken as a guide: Silage, twenty-five 

 pounds; roots, twenty pounds; cut clover and 

 chaff, fifteen pounds; total, sixty pounds. This 

 should be varied according to the capacity of the 

 animals. 



As a substitute for clover hay, pea straw may 

 be used with satisfactory results, as this is also one 

 of the legumes. In case of a shortage of pulped 

 roots the cut feed may be moistened with water, and 

 in case of a shortage of silage, additional grain 

 should be fed. When feeding the above mixture 

 commence at one end, so that the quality will be 

 equal for each animal. 



To get the best results from feeding grain it 

 should be ground and mixed with bran, and in case 

 of all the cattle getting grain it is advisable to put 

 the required amount on each layer of cut clover 



