THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



CLOVER FOE SUMMER SILAGE 



By filling clover into the silo at midsummer 

 or before, space is utilized that would other- 

 wise be empty; the silage will, furthermore, 

 be available for feeding in the latter part of 

 the summer and during the fall, when the pas- 

 tures 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 dur- 

 ing 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 avail- 

 able. It is a good plan, in siloing clover or 

 other light crops in rather small silos, to put 

 a layer of corn on top that will weight down 



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