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dairy farmer, I think we would reply: Knowledge of a 

 balanced ration, the Babcock test, and a summer silo; 

 then varying the feed of individual animals according 

 to capacity; as shown by scales and close observation." 



Clover for Summer Silage. 



By filling the clover into the silo at midsummer, or be- 

 fore, space is utilized that would otherwise be empty; 

 the silage will, furthermore, be available for feeding in 

 the latter part of the summer and during the fall, when 

 the pastures are apt to run short. This makes it pos- 

 sible to keep a larger number of stock on the farm than 

 can be the case if pastures alone are to be relied upon, and 

 thus greatly facilitates intensive farming. Now that stave 

 silos of any size may be easily and cheaply put up, it 

 will be found very convenient at least on dairy farms, 

 to keep a small separate silo for making clover silage 

 that may be fed out during the summer, or at any time 

 simultaneously with the feeding of corn" silage. This 

 extra silo may also be used for the siloing of odd lots of 

 forage that may happen to be available (see page 60). 

 It is a good plan in siloing clover or other comparatively 

 light crops in rather small silos, to put a layer of corn 

 on top that will weight down the mass below, and secure 

 a more thorough packing and thereby also a better quality 

 of silage. 



In several instances where there has still been a 

 supply of clover silage in the silo, green corn has been 

 filled in on top of the clover, and the latter has been 

 sealed and thus preserved for a number of years. Corn 

 silage once settled and "sealed," will also keep perhaps 

 indefinitely when left undisturbed in the silo, without 

 deteriorating appreciably in feeding value or palatability. 



Prof. Cottrell writing for Kansas farmers, says: 

 "Silage will keep as long as the silo is not opened, and 

 has been kept in good condition for seven years. This 

 is a special advantage for Kansas dairymen, as In years 

 e? heavy crops the surplus can be stored in silos for 



