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HOW TO FEED SILAGE. 



from Henry's "Feeds and Feeding" shows that one ton of corn 

 silage is equal to 1.0 ton of artichokes, 1.4 tons of parsnips, 1.5 

 tons of sugar beets, 1.8 tons of rutabagas, 1.8 tons of carrots, 2.2 

 tons of turnips, 2.4 tons of mangels, or 2.3 tons of kale. These 

 figures do not take into consideration the palatability or the stim- 

 ulation on milk secretion that any of these feeds might exert. 



Table XIV., compiled by the same station, may be of interest: 



Table XIV. Cost of Production of One Acre of Succulent Crops 

 in Western Oregon. 



The above table shows the cost of preparing the seed bed, seed- 

 ing, harvesting, and interest and depreciation on machinery, and 

 storage to be as follows: For one acre of kale, $45.10; for one 

 acre of roots, $44.05; and for one acre of corn, $28.30. The cost 

 per ton of the kale is least, and that of the corn silage is greatest, 

 but the cost per hundred pounds of digestible nutrients in the kale 

 is 51 per cent, more, and in the roots, 47 per cent, more, than in the 

 corn silage. 



Table XV. gives an outline for arriving at the cost of producing 

 silage from start to finish. The table was prepared by the Texas 

 Agricultural Experiment Station. Many farmers in figuring the 

 cost of producing crops fail to consider the value of their own 

 labor, the rent of the land, the depreciation of fences surrounding 



