162 DESCRIPTION OF FEEDING STUFFS 
Apple pomace,’! wet brewers’ grains, sorghum bagasse, cane tops,!” 
potato tops, hop vines, sugar-beet tops and shocked corn,’* prickly 
pears," thistles, and other weeds." 
None of these materials are, however, of sufficient importance to 
call for more than a mere mention. 
Publications by Experiment Stations on Silos and Silage Crops. 
(r., report; b., bulletin; c., circular.)—Ark., r. ii, 1889, pp. 68-77; Col., b. 
30, 1895, pp. 21-23; b. 200, Aug., 1914; Conn. (Storrs), b. 70, Jan., 1912; 
Del., r. 1902, p. 30; Fla., b. 78, Mar., 1905; 92, Mar., 1908; 16, Jan., 1892; 
Ill, b. 48, 101; Ind., b. 40, June, 1892, b. 163; Iowa, b. 100, July, 1908; 
107, June, 1910; 141, July, 1913; ¢. 6, Jan., 1913; Kan., b. 6, June, 1889, 
pp. 61-74; c. 28, b. 48; La., b. 148, Mar., 1914; Md., r. 1889-91; b. 129, July, 
1908; Mich., b. 47, April, 1889; spec. b. 6, Dec., 1896; b. 255, May, 1909; 
Minn., b. 40; Miss., b. 8, Aug., 1889; Mo., c. 48, 67; Mont., b. 94, July, 1913; 
Neb., b. 17, 1891; b. 188, May, 1913; N. H., b. 14, May, 1891; ¢. 16, June, 
1914; N. J., b. 161; N. ¥. (Geneva), b. 102, N. S.; N. Y. (Cornell), b. 167, 
March, 1899; N.C., b. 80, Oct., 1891; N. D., b. 98, July, 1912; Ohio, b. 5, vol. 
ii, No. 3, 8. §., June, 1889; Okla., ¢. 33, 34, and 36, June-Aug., 1914; Ore., 
b, 9, Feb., 1891; b. 85; Pa. (Bd. of Agr.), r. 1894, pp. 232-237; b. 118, Oct., 
1912; S. D., b. 51, Feb., 1897; Tenn., b. 105, April, 1914, vol. 17, No. 1, Jan., 
1904; Va., b. 53, pp. 53-80; 70, pp. 115-119; 182, June, 1909; Wash., b. 14, 
Nov., 1894; pop. b. 10, Sept., 1908; W. Va., b. 129; Wis., b. 19, April, 1889; 
28, July, 1891; 59, May, 1897; 83, April, 1900; Farmers’ B, 32, Nov., 1895; 
292, Dec., 1907; 353, April, 1909; 556, Oct., 1913; 578, May, 1914; Bur, Ani- 
mal Industry, r. 23, 1906; c. 136, Jan., 1909; Ontario (Canada), b. 32, Aug., 
1888; 42, May, 1889; r. 1905, p. 101; (Bur. of Ind.) b. 39, April, 1892; 
Ottawa (Canada), b. 65. 
QUESTIONS 
1. What is a silo, and of what materials are silos built? 
2. What is the capacity of a round silo 16 feet in diameter and 36 feet high? 
Of one 14 feet in diameter and 32 feet high? 
3. Of what dimensions would you build a silo of a capacity of (a) 50 tons, 
(6) 100 tons? 
4. What capacity and dimension of silo would you need for a herd of 25 dairy 
cows, feeding these on the average (a) 30 pounds per head daily for 
a period of 120 days, (b) 25 pounds daily for a period of 200 days? 
. Give three important points in building siles. 
. State the main advantages of the silo on American dairy and stock farms, 
. Mention the six main silage crops and their characteristics for feeding 
different classes of farm animals. 
"Vermont Report 1903. 
“ Louisiana Bulletin 143, p. 12. 
** Wisconsin Bulletin 228, p. 42. 
4 New South Wales Gazette, 8, p. 505. 
% Tbid., 9, p. 71. See also “ A Book on Silage,” by the author, Rev. ed., 
pp. 34 and 35. : 
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