EXERCISE 11 (Continued) 



Example 8: How can a silo be filled twice during the year with crops 

 grown on the same land (applies to the southern and southwestern states 

 mainly)? Mention silage crops to be grown; give approximate time of sow- 

 ing or planting, and cutting the crop for the silo, and feeding the silage, in 

 case of both crops. 



Example 4'- Corn silage in a 16-foot silo filled 35 feet deep will be fed 

 to a herd of 28 milch cows, to 12 steers and to 150 sheep at the rate of, re- 

 spectively, 35, 24, and 3 pounds per head daily. How long will the silage last? 



30 



