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SOILING OR SUMMER SILAGE. 
It is a fact that by the practice of 
soiling, that is, growing a succession 
of green crops and carrying them to 
cattle instead of allowing the cattle to 
get their living by grazing, the yield of 
milk and of meat per acre can be dou¬ 
bled. It is quite possible by growing a 
succession of crops that can be used 
for soiling to grow at times two crops 
a year, and to avoid all the waste that 
comes from tramping: for as a matter 
of fact cattle destroy more grass than 
they eat. The difficulty, however, is 
that of securing labor. A man with a 
large acreage and all modern appliances 
can possibly make Summer soiling pay. 
I know it has been done, and that as 
much as a cow to the acre, that is, a 
thousand pounds of live stock, can be 
carried Summer and Winter. This, 
however, is not practicable on the small 
farm, for machinery such as six-foot 
mowers, hay loaders, etc., cannot be 
used to advantage on a small scale. 
Nevertheless we must have some way of 
meeting the difficulty, and it occurs to 
me that the only way is that of pro¬ 
viding a Summer silo and filling it with 
corn, to carry cattle through the dry 
season which we may confidently ex¬ 
pect every year from the middle of 
July until the Fall grass becomes solid 
(that is, has body), by the evaporation 
of the excessive amount of water that 
is in all young grass. 
Silage properly put up lasts a long 
time. If necessary, it may be kept from 
year to year. It can be fed with ab¬ 
solute safety, and provides all the suc¬ 
culence that is in June grass at its best 
estate. If a man is provided with a 
Summer silo, he can carry enough cat¬ 
tle to keep his pastures eaten down, 
prevent the growth of woody fiber by 
seed production, confident that he has 
in his silo equally good feed during 
the Summer when pastures fail. He 
can feed it to his cattle, although it 
will not be advisable either in the Sum¬ 
mer or Winter to feed it heavily to 
horses. Hogs cannot use any great 
amount, but sheep and cattle will go 
through in fine shape and can be pro¬ 
tected from flies during the day time 
while waiting for their silage. 
We have come to the point where we 
must keep more pounds of stock to the 
acre, and I believe it can be done 
cheaper and better by the use of the 
Summer silo than by any scheme of soil¬ 
ing that has yet been suggested. This, 
of course, is not possible now for the 
coming Summer; but it is well to think 
the matter over and come to the conclu¬ 
sion, as I am sure everyone will when 
it has been studied fully, that the best 
insurance we can have against short pas¬ 
tures, pastures injured by overpasturing, 
is by simply putting up a Summer as 
well as a Winter silo. 
One objection to heavy feeding of 
Winter silage is that, being succulent 
in its nature, cattle require better shel¬ 
ter than when on dry feed; but this 
objection does not apply to the Summer 
silo. In building a Summer silo, one 
should be careful not to have it too 
large. Some farmers have made the 
mistake of putting up 'a silo too wide 
and not high enough. It should be borne 
in mind that if the silage is to pack 
well, it must have depth. It should 
also be remembered that in the Sum¬ 
mer less than two inches of silage a day 
cannot be safely taken out. 
With a Summer silo, even if there 
should not be a spell of dry weather, the 
silage will keep over another year with 
very little loss, or it can be fed and the 
pasture allowed to grow until Fall. 
Either plan would be profitable. I have 
been thinking the matter over pretty 
carefully, and I do not see any way in 
which we can get the full benefit of a 
Blue grass pasture except either by con¬ 
verting it into a part clover pasture, or 
by putting up a Summer silo and carry¬ 
ing the cattle through on silage for from 
six weeks to two months in the year. 
It is vastly less labor to feed out a 
Summer silo than it is to haul soiling- 
crops during the hot days of Summer, 
when there are two hours’ work for 
every hour in the day. 
Illinois. W. II. UNDERWOOD. 
THE RURAE 
SELLING HOGS IMMUNE TO CHOLERA. 
One of our people who sells breeding 
hogs writes us on the subject of vaccina¬ 
tion or inoculation of the young pigs to 
prevent hog cholera. Ilis proposition is 
to vaccinate all his young stock and adver¬ 
tise the fact that they have been thus 
made immune to the disease. This would 
be expensive, and this man is undecided 
whether it would pay or not; that is 
whether the public would appreciate the 
fact that such pigs were in less danger 
of disease. Is such a plan practical, and 
according to your judgment would it 
for a man to attempt it? 
The vaccination or immunization of 
hogs to prevent hog cholera has taken 
a strong hold in the West. Many thou¬ 
sands of hogs have been rendered im¬ 
mune in Ohio; in fact over 100,000 have 
been treated. This is largely performed 
by representatives of the State Vet¬ 
erinarian, who supplies the serum for 
the treatment at a cost of between 30 
and 40 cents a head. The cost, how¬ 
ever, is greater for a large hog than a 
small one, the expense being based on 
the size of the dose, which is larger 
for a large hog than a small one. So 
great has been the request in Ohio for 
treatment that it has been impossible 
to supply the demand. The treatment 
is primarily intended for healthy ani¬ 
mals, and as a precaution against con¬ 
tracting the disease. Healthy hogs thus 
treated are rendered immune for some 
months. As a rule the herd is kept im¬ 
mune by being treated once a year. The 
treatment does not cure diseased ani¬ 
mals. This method has met with such 
favor that at the present time breeders 
are advertising in various ways that their 
hogs are immune. As I write I have 
before me the sale catalogue of one of 
the best-known breeders in the country, 
and under his announcement he has the 
following: “All have been immuned with 
State serum by a State Veterinarian, 
and are absolutely free from any danger 
of cholera.” In fact on the cover of 
this sale catalogue is the word “Im¬ 
muned” in red letters. Other catalogues 
are also now publishing the same state¬ 
ment. 
Perhaps no class of animals have suf¬ 
fered more from contracting disease 
than hogs shown at fairs or shipped 
over the railroads and held up at stock 
yards. For years no exhibit of breeding 
hogs was held at the International Live 
Stock Exposition at Chicago, on ac¬ 
count of the fear of breeders that their 
hogs would contract cholera at the 
yards, a place that in times past has 
received many cholera cases. As it now 
is, one may immunize his hogs with 
certainty and may take them on the fair 
circuit without fear of disease. But 
what is more important, one may safe¬ 
ly buy from an immunized herd, and in¬ 
troduce into his own healthy herd with¬ 
out any fear of infection. Therefore it 
is decidedly a good business proposition 
to keep an immune herd. That has been 
satisfactorily demonstrated by a large 
number of swine raisers and feeders 
in the Mississippi Valley. 
Ohio. c. S. PLUMB. 
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using a flimsy silo ladder? Or 
the annoyance of doors that stick? 
Or the loss in feeding value of sil¬ 
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from storms? Better Investigate the 
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HARDER MFG. CO., 
11. Cobleskill.N. Y. 
There Is as much profit 
^ in ONE acre of corn in an 
INDSANA SILO 
as in THREE acres 
in a crib. 
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herds. An Indiana Silo will put weight 
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INDIANA SILO CO. 
4ndrr<fOii, Ind. I)<*h Moines, la. Kaunas City, Mo. 
318 Union Bldg. 318 Indiana Bldg. 31 8 Silo Bid 
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has a Unadilla 
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creosote oil preservative, such as 
the government recommends for 
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silos will last during your life 
time. There are other superior 
features. Ask for catalogue. 
THE CREAMERY PACKAGE MFG. CO. 
338 West St., Rutland, Vt. 
Philadelphia 
SILOS 
havea 10 year reputationforstrength and efllciency. 
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I prevent damage to eggs, garden truck, Units, livestock 
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HARVEY SPRING CO., 71817th St., Racine, WIs. 
Write for Silo Book telling 
about the big, safe and easy climbing 
ladder. Doors on hinges—always closed 
—air tight, prevents silage freezing in 
winter and drying in summer. 
“Hinge-Door^ 
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General Office: Lincoln, Neb. 
^Branches: Lansing, Midi., Maryville, Mo., 
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