214 HOW TO FEED SILAGE. 



Table XV.— Outline for Arriving at the Cost of Producing Silage. 



Dr. 



Plowing' (breaking-) at $ per acre 



Discing at $ per acre 



Harrowing at i per acre 



Commercial fertilizer .... lbs. at $. . . . per acre. . 



Other fertilizer lbs. at $ per acre. . . 



Planting at $ per acre 



Seed at $ per acre 



First cultivation at i per acre 



Second cultivation at $ per acre 



Third cultivation at $ per acre 



Fourth cultivation at $ per acre 



Fifth cultivation at $ per acre 



Harrowing at $ per acre > 



Harvesting (row binder) at $ per acre 



Hauling to silo i per ton, $ per acre. 



Cutting and filling silo at $ per ton, I per 



acre 



Interest on investment in silo, engine and cutter 



at per cent 



Depreciation on silo, eng-ine and cutter at 10 per 



cent 



Hent of land at $ per acre 



Taxes on land, implements, silo, engine and cutter. 

 Depreciation of fences, at per cent 



TotEd cost of producing tons silage from 



acres at $ per ton 



Total feeding value of tons silage from 



acres at $ per ton 



Total profit or loss, per ton ? . . 



per acre $ . . 



Or. 



yvahia charges run from $15.00 to $25.00 per day for cutter and 

 engine, and about half that for cutter only. Ten reports from 

 Nebraska show an average charge of $8.65 for engine and engineer, 

 per day, and about the same average for cutter and operator 

 per day. 



Prof. WoU states that corn silage having a similar feeding value 

 to about one-third Us weight of hay, would have a value In the 

 silo of $3.00 or $3.50 per ton, with alfalfa hay worth $10.00 per ton. 



