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hay-making, and care should be taken to pack them thor- 

 oughly in the silo. However, it is usually inadvisable to 

 use these crops for silage if they can be made into hay. 



Sweet sorghum, ferterita, milo, kafir corn and the other 

 sorghums are extensively used for silage in the West and 

 Southwest where the rainfall is insufficient for corn. In 

 palatability and feeding value, they are nearly equal to 

 corn silage. Sorghum should be quite well matured before 

 it is put in the silo or it will make a very sour silage, due to 

 the large amount of sugar present. 



Sorghum bagasse, the residue of the cane mills, and the 

 leaves of the cane make a fairly good silage and should not 

 be wasted. 



Cannery refuse, such as corn husks and pea vines, is 

 sometimes put in the silo. The feeding value of such refuse 

 is usually quite low. 



Beet pulp sometimes is put in the silo. It makes a 

 valuable silage. 



