1900. 
TPHK *eu«-A.I> NEW-YORKER 
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WEEDS IN THE SILO. 
My experience in putting weeds into 
the silo is very limited. Several years 
ago, frost having killed the crop in 
June, this being followed by rain for 
some days, 1 found myself with several 
acres of weeds on my hands. Not 
knowing what else to do, I put them 
into the silo. Had I attempted to dry 
them they would have been worthless. 
The silage had a very strong offensive 
odor, but by being careful to feed it 
after milking we suffered no bad effects 
from it. We fed a stock of nearly one 
hundred head of cattle once a day for 
nearly three months with it. While I 
would not advise farmers to raise 
weeds, yet if weather conditions have 
been such that you have them, I would 
put them into the silo, where it is pos¬ 
sible to get a feeding value from them, 
and also get them where their seeds 
will not do future harm. 
Vermont. c. r. smith. 
A PROBLEM IN CORN FEEDING. 
H. C., page 855, is certainly “up 
against a feeding problem.” His corn is 
about 90 per cent water when in the 
stage he describes, and it is a great 
waste to cut it at this time. If this corn 
could be left to mature and then put 
into a good silo and left for next year’s 
dry spell, it would be worth at least $5 
per ton, while at present it is hardly 
worth hauling to the cows. Under the 
conditions he describes, I should feed 
some grain, whether it paid in the pres¬ 
ent increase of milk or not. I would 
feed them concentrated feed, and then 
finish filling them up with corn slop. 
It must be remembered that more than 
50 per cent of the value of the corn 'S 
wasted when cut so early, so I would 
consider it economy to buy grain and 
cut as little of it as possible. This year 
I had a small field of Alfalfa, and after 
the first cutting, it grew two feet in the 
following five weeks. Still these five 
weeks were very dry, and the '1 imothy 
meadows made scarcely any growth at 
all. Every dairyman should raise clover, 
Alfalfa if he can, and Alsike and the 
common Red clover if he cannot grow 
Alfalfa. Then see to it that the first 
crop of clover is cut early and this will 
generally insure some good second 
growth just when the pastures fail and 
we need it most. Next Spring, just as 
soon as the ground can be worked, get 
in a patch of Canada peas and oats; 
then at intervals of a few days, follow 
it up with other patches. This will help 
you out if the dry spell comes early, 
and will make excellent feed either cut 
as hay or cured and ground for a grain 
ration. I have said this so many times 
that it seems very old, yet there are 
many who do not seem to understand 
that the dairy cow cannot do well on 
pasturage alone over six weeks in the 
year in this latitude. The safest and 
best insurance against the “dry spell” 
is silage, but if it be very (by we ought 
to have the peas and oats and clover to 
balance the ration, j. grant morse. 
Madison Co., N. Y. 
A year ago I was confronted with 
practically the same proposition. One 
thing is certain; if the cows are to yield 
milk in paying quantities in the future, 
they must be fed enough nutritious food 
to keep them in good condition. 1 f 
through a lack of the same now, they 
are allowed to run down in flesh—and 
they certainly will—the food that 
should go to make milk must be used 
later to build up the system. I could see 
but two courses; cither to dispose of 
the cows, because for a time they must 
be kept without profit, perhaps at a loss, 
which in my case would have been like 
selling a non-laying hen, because she 
did not pay for the feed she ate, and 
then have no hens to eat the feed I had 
later, when they might be expected to 
lay again, and 1 could get a profit on 
their eggs. The other was to feed them 
to supply their needs, even though at a 
temporary loss. The latter 1 did. While 
I cannot give the value of the corn fod¬ 
der, for it is largely relative, I believe ! 
it is the cheapest, and at this season the j 
best bulky feed you can give them, per¬ 
haps as cheap as the pasture. Neverthe¬ 
less, with it to afford a proper ration; 
H. C. should feed some protein grain. 
This as indicated, will cost about $1.50, 
and doubtless stripper cows will scarce 
pay for it. Still, four pounds of grain 
daily might easily make two quarts of 
milk per cow more. At this season, the 
cows long in milk will naturally 
shrink, even on good pasture. The 
fresh ones should help pay for the 
grain. Cotton-seed meal at $:i2 or $3.'t a 
ton is the cheapest feed on the market; 
a couple of pounds of this daily, with 
two more of some bulky feed, like malt 
sprouts, dried brewers’ grains or wheat 
bran, if it is not too high, will keep 
the cows up and work wonders in milk 
production. I found that when I took 
the cows out of the pasture, and fed 
them entirely in the stable, they in¬ 
creased in their milk. If feeding the 
corn now is likely to shorten the feed 
for Winter, so as not to give enough 
to carry the cows until Spring, I would 
sell the poorest ones, even at a sacrifice, 
and keep only enough of the best to 
yield a profit. edward van alstyne. 
If H. C., of Erie County, Pa., has Al¬ 
falfa or even clover hay in his barn, he 
perhaps can never gel better value from 
it than to feed it now in combination 
with the field corn. 1 should rather cut 
out the five poorest cows from the herd 
and put the best feed into the remain¬ 
ing, for if this herd will not increase 
in milk flow enough to pay for a fair 
grain ration, it needs some of the board¬ 
ers eliminated. Count out the poor ones 
and let us figure to make the rest prof¬ 
itable. I should buy some Alfalfa hay 
if possible and feed with the corn, or 
nice early-cut clover, for while buying 
we have to pay well, so buy the best. 
Then it seems that the best milkers at 
least should pay liberally for some bran, 
oil meal and cotton-seed meal. Huy 
some feed high in protein, for the corn 
is a fat-forming food. On the corn the 
cows may gain in flesh as it matures, 
but will not increase in milk flow cor¬ 
respondingly. The Alfalfa for the herd 
and feed for the fresh cows and best 
milkers may seem to come high, but we 
will hope he has the hay; if not, let II. 
C. remember that his field corn fed as 
fodder before kernels are formed is 
quite expensive, for if left for corn to 
mature and put in silo, or husked and 
fodder carefully saved, the feeding val¬ 
ue would be much increased from what 
it is before kernel forms. However, in 
actual farm management we must often 
change our plans and do what we know 
is often considered bad practice. We 
must learn that the proverbial pasture 
field must go except for a short time in 
June and July, for though it seems an 
easy way, it is far too expensive for the 
dairy farmer, and lie must plan each 
year for a succession of soiling crops 
and acres of permanent Alfalfa. I 
should consider II. C.’s corn worth at 
least $4 per ton if left to mature, and 
more if eared well. bert van vleet. 
Schuyler Co., N. Y. 
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