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Lesson 5. — Making and Feeding of Silage. 
1. Value of silage in feeding. 
2. Kinds of silage. 
3. Filling the silo. 
4. Feeding silage to cows. 
Special references. — The following Farmers' Bulletins : 292, Cost of 
Filling Silos ; 578, Making and Feeding of Silage. 
Lesson 6. — The Dairy Barn. 
1. Location. 
2. Relation of size of barn to size of herd. 
3. Important requisites : 
( a ) Ventilation. 
(&) Sunlight. 
(c) Sanitation. 
(d) Comfort. 
(e) Convenience. 
4. Relation of cost to service. 
5. Types and plans. 
Special reference. — Individual plans furnished by Dairy Division, 
U. S. Dept. Agr. 
Lesson 7. — The Silo. 
1. Location. 
2. Types and materials. 
3. Construction. 
4. Relation of capacity to size of herd. 
Special reference: Farmers' Bulletin 589, Homemade Silos. Individual 
plans from Dairy Division, U. S. Dept. Agr. 
CARE AND FEEDING OF BEEF CATTLE. 
(Five lessons.) 
References. — 
The following Farmers' Bulletins: 183, Meat on the Farm; 580, Beef 
Production in the South ; 635, Cottonseed Meal for Feeding Beef Cattle. 
Fattening Cattle in Alabama, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture Bui. 110. 
Lesson 1. — A Survey of Modern Beef Production. 
1. History of the beef-cattle industry. 
2. Present status of the industry. 
3. Beef making in the South. 
Lesson 2. — Care and Feeding of Young Stock. 
1. Handling of breeding stock. 
2. Care and development of young stock. 
3. Veal production. 
4. Baby beef. 
Lesson 3. — Summer Feeding. 
1. Pastures. 
2. Supplementary feeding. 
Lesson 4. Winter Feeding. 
1. The feed lot. 
2. Shelter. 
3. Feeds and feeding. 
