162 DESCRIPTION OF FEEDING STUFFS 



Apple pomace, 11 wet brewers' grains, sorghum bagasse, cane tops, 12 

 potato tops, hop vines, sugar-beet tops and shocked corn, 13 prickly 

 pears, 14 thistles, and other weeds. 15 



None of these materials are, however, of sufficient importance to 

 call for more than a mere mention. 



Publications by Experiment Stations on Silos and Silage Crops, 

 (r., report; b., bulletin; c., circular.) Ark., r. ii, 1889, pp. 68-77; Col., b. 

 30, 1895, pp. 21-23; b. 200, Aug., 1914; Conn. (Storrs), b. 70, Jan., 1912; 

 Del., r. 1902, p. 30; Fla., b. 78, Mar., 1905; 92, Mar., 1908; 16, Jan., 1892; 

 111., b. 43, 101; Ind., b. 40, June, 1892, b. 163; Iowa, b. 100, July, 1908; 

 107, June, 1910; 141, July, 1913; c. 6, Jan., 1913; Kan., b. 6, June, 1889, 

 pp. 61-74; c. 28, b. 48; La., b. 143, Mar., 1914; Md., r. 1889-91; b. 129, July, 

 1908; Mich., b. 47, April, 1889; spec. b. 6, Dec., 1896; b. 255, May, 1909; 

 Minn., b. 40; Miss., b. 8, Aug., 1889; Mo., c. 48, 67; Mont., b. 94, July, 1913; 

 Neb., b. 17, 1891; b. 138, May, 1913; N. H., b. 14, May, 1891; c. 16, June, 

 1914; N. J., b. 161; N. Y. (Geneva), b. 102, N. S.; N. Y. (Cornell), b. 167, 

 March, 1899; N. C., b. 80, Oct., 1891; N. D., b. 98, July, 1912; Ohio, b. 5, vol. 

 H, No. 3, S. S., June, 1889; Okla., c. 33, 34, and 36, June-Aug., 1914; Ore., 

 b. 9, Feb., 1891; b. 85; Pa. (Bd. of Agr.), r. 1894, pp. 232-237; b. 118, Oct., 

 1912; S. D., b. 51, Feb., 1897; Tenn., b. 105, April, 1914, vol. 17, No. 1, Jan., 

 1904; Va., b. 53, pp. 53-80; 70, pp. 115-119; 182, June, 1909; Wash., b. 14, 

 Nov., 1894; pop. b. 10, Sept., 1908; W. Va., b. 129; Wis., b. 19, April, 1889; 

 28, July, 1891; 59, May, 1897; 83, April, 1900; Farmers' B. 32, Nov., 1895; 

 292, Dec., 1907; 353, April, 1909; 556, Oct., 1913; 578, May, 1914; Bur. Ani- 

 mal Industry, r. 23, 1906; c. 136, Jan., 1909; Ontario (Canada) , b. 32, Aug., 

 1888; 42, May, 1889; r. 1905, p. 101; (Bur. of Ind.) b. 39, April, 1892; 

 Ottawa (Canada), b. 65. 



QUESTIONS 



1. What is a silo, and of what materials are silos built? 



2. What is the capacity of a round silo 16 feet in diameter and 36 feet high? 



Of one 14 feet in diameter and 32 feet high? 



3. Of what dimensions would you build a silo of a capacity of (a) 50 tons, 



(6) 100 tons? 



4. What capacity and dimension of silo would you need for a herd of 25 dairy 



cows, feeding these on the average (a) 30 pounds per head daily for 

 a period of 120 days, (6) 25 pounds daily for a period of 200 days? 



5. Give three important points in building silos. 



6. State the main advantages of the silo on American dairy and stock farms. 



7. Mention the six main silage crops and their characteristics for feeding 



different classes of farm animals. 



11 Vermont Report 1903. 



18 Louisiana Bulletin 143, p. 12. 



18 Wisconsin Bulletin 228, p. 42. 



14 New South Wales Gazette, 8, p. 505. 



15 Ibid., 9, p. 71. See also " A Book on Silage," by the author, Rev. ed., 

 pp. 34 and 35. 



