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CHAPTER IV. 



Summer Silos. 



Necessary in supplementing summer pastures and in tiding herd 

 over period of drouth, heat and flies Reduces pasture acre- 

 age required Avoids labor of soiling crop system Oregon 

 results Purdue Station Experiments Solves summer drouth 

 problem Permits night pasturing Storage of surplus crops 

 Comments by the agricultural press Feeding of summer 

 silage 111-117 



CHAPTER V. 



Silage in Beef Production. 



Value and Economy of Silage for fattening steers Experiments 

 made twenty-five years ago Beef producing area vastly in- 

 creased by use of silo Stock- Yards are strong boosters for 

 silage Results by Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Missouri, South 

 Carolina, North Carolina, Illinois, Indiana and South Dakota 

 Stations Results in Saskatchewan, Kansas, Iowa, and Texas 

 Results in the South 118-129 



CHAPTER VI. 



Silage System and Soil Fertility. 



Helps maintain soil fertility Every crop grown robs soil of fer- 

 tilizing elements Value of Such Fertility Lost Restoration 

 has vital bearing on our crop yields Stock, dairy and mixed 

 farming vs. hay and grain farming Value of barnyard ma- 

 nure Every farm a manure factory with silage Keeping fer- 

 tility on the farm Restoring Fertility in the South 130-138 



CHAPTER VII. 



Silage Crops. 



Indian corn Soils best adapted to corn culture and preparation 

 of land Varieties of corn for the silo Time of cutting corn 

 for the silo Dry Matter in Corn at Different Stages Methods 

 of planting corn All other silage crops 139-159 



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