THE SILO AND SILAGE 



the cows have finished eating, the silage that re- 

 mains should be cleaned up and removed from the 

 barn. This will prevent the possibility of having 

 silage decay in the mangers. The present objection 

 to silage milk, as it is termed, comes from the sloven- 

 liness of those who permit the silage to remain in 

 the barn and decay. If cleanliness is observed, and 

 the silage has been taken care of properly, the milk 

 will be free from the silage taint. The odor of sil- 

 age put up when the ears are in milk is much 

 stronger than that of silage put up just after the 

 ear has glazed and hardened. 



Crops for Silage. There are only a few crops that 

 can be successfully used for silage. The great silo 

 crop is corn. Clover is also ensiled with a fair de- 

 gree of success. Soy beans mixed with corn are 

 also good, and alfalfa to some extent. Plants which 

 have hollow stems generally make poor silage be- 

 cause of the air stored with the crop. There is also 

 little reason for using crops that are easily cured in 

 the field, like the grasses and hays. 



DIGESTIBLE NUTRIENTS IN IMPORTANT SILAGE CROPS 



