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Feed off August 15 to 30. 



5. Corn, acre. Sow 12 Ibs. Learning (or other medium variety) 

 same way as above^ 



Feed off in September. 



For arrangements on a farm to suit soiling, see farm plan 

 page 10. 



SUMMER SILOS. 



Cutting green feed every day takes considerable time, and 

 frequently interferes with the regular farm work. It increases the 

 labour, and consequently the cost, of feeding, and where labour is 

 scarce and expensive it may not be the most profitable method of 

 working. For such localities, the summer silo is the best method 

 of handling green feeds. 



The feed is stored in the fall, and is available for use in a con- 

 venient form at any time. 



The amount of silage to be fed from the summer silo will of 

 course depend upon the quality and quantity of the pasture, and the 

 nature of the other varieties of feeds supplied to the animals. Here 

 at the Central Experimental Farm, between 20 and 30 Ibs. of ensilage 

 per day are fed to each animal during the summer. 



Silos for summer feed are built with less diameter but more 

 height than those for winter feed, unless the herd of cattle is large. 

 By this means less suirface is exposed from day to day and less waste 

 occurs. The heat of summer causes the exposed surface of ensilage 

 to go bad more quickly than it does in winter. 



AUTUMN AND WINTER FEEDING OF DAIRY COWS. 



Cows are fed in the stable during one half of the year or more, 

 and feeding during this period may through ignorance or on account 

 of using unsuitable forage, voluntarily or involuntarily, be made 

 very expensive. The profits from the herd will of course depend 

 to a large extent on the economy of the methods of winter feeding 

 followed. Economical feeding does not mean scant supplies, but the 

 using of the kinds of feeds and feed combinations that will be likely 

 to produce the best results at the lowest cost. 



As the milk produced depends upon the quantity and quality of 

 the food consumed, every effort should be made to supply the cow 

 with all she will eat of a ration combining palatability, easy digesti- 

 bility, and suitability in composition for the milk flow. 

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