Siix>s and Silage in Codorado. 
its limitations. For winter dairying it is much cheaper and slightly 
more efficient than most of our common root crops. As a summer 
feed it is cheaper than soilage and quite as efficient. Pasture is, 
under most conditions, a cheaper feed, but a higher production of 
milk is possible where cows are fed silage. Silage should always 
be on hand to supplement pasture during the summer-time when 
pastures get dry and short. The addition of silage to the dairy ra¬ 
tion stimulates appetite, increasing consumption, and therefore pro¬ 
duction, reduces the cost of the ration, reduces the quantity of con¬ 
centrates necessary in the ration, and in general keeps animals in a 
healthier and thriftier condition. 
To Beef Cattle .—Experiments at a number of our experiment 
stations have shown conclusively the value of silage for both breed¬ 
ing and fattening beef cattle. This data is too familiar to most of 
our stock men to be repeated here. Yet silage must occupy a more 
important place in our beef industry than it does at the present time. 
Cattle are too high priced and rang'e is becoming too scarce, espe¬ 
cially in the winter, so that we can economically run three-year-old 
and four-year-old steers on the range. In order to cut down this 
period, it will be necessary to take better care of our calves so that 
they are kept growing during the winter instead of losing weight 
and quality, so that they may be turned off as finished beef as long 
yearlings and two-year-olds. Silage, supplemented with a rich pro- 
teid roughage or concentrate, offers a very cheap wintering and 
growing ration. For fattening steers, silage will soon be a strong 
rival of our cheap beet pulp. 
To Horses and Mules .—One hears a variety of reports on the 
value of silage to horses and mules. One farmer reports the loss 
of a number of valuable horses, while his neighbor reports very 
satisfactory results where he hauled the silage out in a beet wagon 
and spread it out on the ground and allowed his cattle and horses 
to eat all they chose. The conclusion would be vthat silage for 
horses and mules must be in perfect condition. The fact that they 
eat it with a relish is not a sign by any means that it is good silage. 
Silage for horses should not be as acid and should be fed in small 
quantities until the animals become accustomed to the feed. It is 
too washy to feed to work stock except in very limited quantities. 
It is not safe to feed to brood mares unless one has had sufficient 
experience with silage to know when it is free from mold and in 
the best possible condition. The layman better not feed it at all to 
mares. 
To Sheep. —As with horses, reports vary on the feeding of 
silage to sheep. For breeding ewes and rams, silage has been used 
for many years in a winter ration with excellent results, but for fat- 
