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USING SILAGE. 



In feeding out the silage the surface should be kept as level as possible. It may 

 be fed direct to cattle just as it comes out of the silo. It is a good plan, however, 

 to mix 10 or 15 Ib. hay or chaffed straw with every 100 Ib. silage. Mixing enough 

 cut hay and silage to last three or four days will be found very satisfactory. Any 

 meal that is being fed can be thrown on the mixture after it is in the manger. 

 Frozen silage should not be fed, but when once thawed it is as good as any other. 



Fig. 20. Filling a silo with corn at Revelstoke, B.C. 



SILAGE FOR THE DAIRY COW. 



Corn silage has long been established as a dairy feed. It is, however, a mistake 

 to think that good corn silage, on account of the grain it contains, will do away 

 with the necessity of feeding concentrates. Cattle will make better use of the meal 

 ration if silage is fed. Suitable rations would be : 

 For yearling heifers 



Corn silage 25-35 Ib. 



Clover or alfalfa hay 4 



Straw or chaff 4 



Bran 2 



For dry cow 



Corn silage 40-60 Ib. 



Mangels 5-8 



Straw 6-8 



Clover or alfalfa ^. 5 



For cow in milk 



Corn silage 30-50 Ib. 



Mangels 5-8 



Clover hay 6-8 



Meal mixture: Bran, oats, gluten, or oilcake or cotton-seed meal, equal parts. 

 One pound of meal to 3 to 5 Ib. milk produced per day. 



Calves can be fed silage with safety when they are three to four months old. 



SILAGE FOR BEEF. 



The producer of beef on high-priced lands cannot afford to be without a silo. 

 More economical gains will be made if silage is used as part of the roughage ration. 

 Suitable rations would be : 



