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WEST 
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SILOS 
are showing the 
greatest gain in 
sales ? 
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Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Silage Fails to Keep 
For years I had a wooden silo on my 
farm, which I have replaced with a hol¬ 
low block silo 40 ft. high. With this I 
have had lots of moldy and rotten silage 
on the outside; even moldy spots in the 
middle of the silo. This year I had the 
same trouble again, only the outside was 
better in places. For a short piece on 
the outside it was good to the walls, but 
most of it had a moldy or rotten rim. 
The blocks of the silo are made by a local 
firm, and I find that some other people 
have trouble in the >>ume way. 
Is the trouble in the silo or in the corn, 
or both? If the trouble is with silo, what 
can be done? Would it. he advisable to 
have it plastered, or to give an applica¬ 
tion of concrete or stucco paint? Would 
it be best to apply inside or outside? 
Elk. Lick, Pa. c. w. B. 
The spoiled silage referred to in the 
center of the silo cannot possibly be due 
to the condition of the silo wall. During 
an ordinary season the silo wall does not 
affect the keeping qualities of the silage 
for more than a foot and a half or two 
feet from the wall. According to the De¬ 
partment of Agricultural Engineering at 
the Iowa State College, the essential re¬ 
quirements of a silo wall are, first, that it 
be smooth enough to permit the silage to 
settle freely, and second that it must be 
air and moisture tight. If the wall is 
rough there will be some spoiled silage 
along the outside, more particularly un¬ 
derneath the ledges and crevices. They 
have experimented with different types of 
wall treatment, and it is their conclusion 
that if the wall is Tough on the inside it 
should be plastered smooth. If the wall 
is smooth a cement wash usually is ade¬ 
quate in making the walls impervious. 
Frequently heavy asphaltic paint has been 
applied, and it is very efficient in con¬ 
trolling these objectionable features. Tt is 
possible that you have not exercised suf¬ 
ficient care in distributing the silage at 
silo filling time. It is possible to obtain 
the so-called patented distributors that 
greatly simplify the process of distribut¬ 
ing the silage. One man can very easily 
control the conditions on the inside of the 
silo by means of these devices, and if he is 
skillful and uses his head he will make a 
good job of it. By attaching a rope to 
the spout of the distributor and tying it 
to a ring stapled into the side of the silo 
and changing it frequently the silage can 
be spouted to any portion of the silo de¬ 
sired, and in this way a uniform distribu¬ 
tion can be effected. It very frequently 
happens that silage is put into the silo 
too green. If it is necessary to begin silo 
filling operations early or before the ears 
are glazed, then it is w-ell to cut the corn 
for a day or more in advance of filling, 
let it lay on the ground and partially 
ripen. This saves the handling of a lot of 
water that only adds to one's trouble 
after it is once in the-silo. If by chance it 
dries out to such an extent that it will not 
pack satisfactorily, it is a simple matter 
to stick a hose into the blower pipe and 
add sufficient water to make the mass en¬ 
sile satisfactorily. All silos should be re¬ 
filled once or twice. If some oats are 
sprinkled rather thickly over the top of 
the silage they will sprout iu mass and 
shut out much of the air and preserve the 
upper layers of silage. The treatment 
suggested should be applied to the inside 
wall. 
Dairy Ration; Fencing Pasture 
1. Will you give me a ration for my 
cows during Summer months? I have 
them out on pasture, but there is not 
enough grass for them, so I have to gram 
them twice a day. 2. Does the law com¬ 
pel me to make a fence around my wood- 
lot? G- 
1. For a simple ration for milk cows 
on pasture, a mixture consisting of five 
parts of eornmeal, two parts of ground 
oats and thrpe parts of cottonseed meal 
could be used advantageously. 
2. If your woodlot adjoins the property 
of a neighbor who is using the adjoining 
field for pasture purposes, it will be neces¬ 
sary for you to provide and construct 
half of the line fence. Usually division 
fences of this character are divided by 
agreement into sections, and it is a com¬ 
mon practice for neighbors to agree on 
the kind'of fences to be built. Failing to 
keep your fences in such condition as to 
turn live stock, you will be liable for any 
damages that trespassing animals might 
do to outside property or to themselves 
in case they broke out through your sec¬ 
tion of the fence. 
Buttermilk for Sow 
1. What do you think of feeding a 
sow buttermilk at farrowing time? Some 
claim it is injurious; one man claims he 
lost a sow once by it. S. P. M. 
>'..rtiuville, N. J. 
It is necessary to restrict the ration fed 
to brood sows during the interval just 
preceding and following farrowing. The 
reason for this is very simple. Parturi¬ 
tion in itself is more or less of a trial and 
worry to the brood sow. Usually her ap¬ 
petite is abnormal, due partly to the ex¬ 
citement and partly to the fever condition 
that prevails iu her system. If you sup¬ 
ply some product as palatable as butter¬ 
milk and feed it in excess, there will be a 
flush of blood to the udder that will 
bring about a fevered and caked con¬ 
dition which will add to the paiu and 
misery of the mother. Hence, it is al¬ 
ways wise to increase the bulk and de¬ 
crease the concentrates supplied to brood 
sows during the farrowing period, and to 
take every precaution to thin the blood 
and cool down the system rather than to 
be overly anxious to provide a surplus 
amount of milk for the young pigs. It 
has been pointed out in these columns 
repeatedly that young pigs during the 
first 10 days require relatively small 
amounts of milk, and it is a grave error 
to over-stimulate milk production at this 
time. As the pigs grow older and make 
more demand upon the sow for milk, 
then it is feasible to increase the feed, 
and by the time the pigs are three weeks 
old the sow can be given with safety all 
the skim-milk or buttermilk that she will 
consume with relish. Invariably the best 
results will follow where one pound of 
grain is fed in conjunction with each five 
pounds of mik. 
Milk with Undesirable Flavor 
We have a Jersey cow and keep her in 
pasture during the day. Iler night milk 
always has a strong taste. It seems to 
be from the grass, and the taste is in the 
cream, too. Her morning milk is very 
good. She gives very rich milk. I have 
given her salts, and also sulphur, but 
nothing does away with that strong taste. 
Averill Park, N. Y. c. w. 
It is almost impossible to obtain milk 
from cows running on grass that does 
not evidence a grassy flavor. Particu¬ 
larly is this true of milk that is relatively 
high in butterfat, and where the daily 
ration of the cow is restricted to green 
grass. It is probable, however, that you 
do not take the proper steps to have ‘the 
milk cooled immediately after being 
milked. This is important and very 
necessary. If the milk is put into bottles 
and put into the icebox the bottle should 
be. left uncapped, and much would be 
gained, if the milk should be aeriated or 
immediately cooled in ice water. If it 
is not bottled then, it can be placed in 
large pans and placed on the cellar bot¬ 
tom, where the cream will raise into a 
thick blanket, and can be skimmed off the 
next morning. It is always wise to feed 
cows running on even luxuriant pasture 
some grain or mixed feed. It not only 
makes it possible to extend the lactation 
period, but it helps the cow to maintain 
her energy and vitality in such a degree 
that it will be possible for her to yield 
more milk during the coming Winter. 
It is also possible that there are certain 
weeds in the pasture that are responsible, 
for the undesirable flavor in both the milk 
and cream. If such is the case, they 
should be mowed down and the young, 
tender grass given more of a chance to 
grow. 
Silage from Sweet Clover 
This experiment station has made no 
extensive tests of Sweet clover for silage. 
* ‘L ge « eral ruIe leguminous crops, like 
Alfalfa, Sweet clover and Red clover, are 
not well suited for making silage. The 
Kansas Experiment Station and the 
Nebraska Experiment Station have both 
worked with Alfalfa, and find that satis¬ 
factory silage can be made from this crop, 
provided the silage is to be kept not to 
exceed six months. This, you see, would 
permit one storing the first cutting of 
Alfalfa. in the form of silage to be fed 
out during the Summer months when pas¬ 
tures are short. In this State, we under¬ 
stand, a few men have used clover straw 
or the refuse from thrashing Sweet clover 
seed crops in the silo, and with very sat¬ 
isfactory results. We believe the’ only 
reason for putting Sweet clover in a silo 
is to take advantage of bad weather at 
the time when it is difficult to cure the 
first crop of Sweet clover hay. 
CLYDE m’kee. 
Iowa Experiment Station. 
Sawdust in Concrete for Cow Stable 
Floor 
I am remodeling my barn for the cows, 
and want to make it as comfortable as 
possible for them, so as to increase the 
supply of milk. Is there such a thing as 
mixing sawdust with cement for flooring 
underneath cows? Would this be warmer 
than concrete? If this is possible what 
would be the proportions for mixing to¬ 
gether? M. p. c. 
Sawdust should not be mixed with con¬ 
crete for any purpose, as it would spoil 
the mixture. Planks may be placed over 
concrete floors for additional warmth if 
desired, or the prepared wood or cork 
blocks made for stable floor use may be 
obtained. Concrete, if well bedded, has 
been found to be entirely suitable for 
stable floors without other covering, and 
cows do not seem to find it uncomfortably 
cold or hard, however it may look to hu¬ 
mans. If sawdust is used, it should he 
liberally sprinkled over Hie concrete each 
day, not incorporated in the mixture. 
M. B. D. 
