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Practical Sheep Husbandry 



Such Storehouses for Feed are Found on Many of the Best Farms These Days 



No doubt great improvements will be made in the construction of the silo and the method of 

 puttings up the silage and caring for it, during the time it is being fed. There can be no doubt 

 that the silo is a wonderful invention and that it is here to stay. It is a safety valve and a 

 method of insurance during drouth or short crops the following year, and ha^ been proven prac- 

 tical and the feed economical. 



The secret in putting up silage, as in canning fruits or vegetables, is to keep it fresh, sweet 

 and pure. If this is done (and fed with all the good, dry roughage sheep or lambs will consume) 

 g^ood results are certain to follow. Bad results from eating sour, canned vegetables do not reflect 

 against canning them, but against the method used, or more likely, the carelessness of the can- 

 ner. No system ever devised by mortal man has been able to keep men from making mistakes, 

 and none ever can. Each individual must obtain for himself the knowledge required. 



