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or  clover  hay,  25  lbs.  of  the  moistened 
beet  pulp  per  day  is  sufficient  for  a  cow 
yielding  30  lbs.  of  milk.  This  will  mean 
about  5  lbs.  of  the  dry  pulp.  If  the  beet 
pulp  can  be  saturated  in  molasses  water 
its  carbohydrate  value  will  be  materially 
increased  and  its  palatability  assured. 
Feeding  practices  have  thus  far  not 
established  any  fixed  standards  for  feed¬ 
ing  beet  pulp;  but  at  Briareliff  Farms  we 
found  that  4  or  5  lbs.  of  the  beet  pulp 
moistened  was  sufficient  to  supply  the 
succulence  and  bulk  necessary  to  supple¬ 
ment  a  complete  ration.  If  your  silage 
is  limited.  I  should  commence  at  once 
the  feeding  of  beet  pulp,  allowing  one 
feeding  of  silage  in  the  morning  and  a 
feeding  of  beet  pulp  at  night.  For  cows 
yielding  more  than  30  lbs.  of  milk  the 
beet  pulp  can  be  proportionately  in¬ 
creased;  yet  it  must  be  remembered  that 
beet  pulp  is  relatively  high  in  fiber  and 
comparatively  low'  in  its  nutritional  value. 
Usually  it  is  claimed  that  1  lb.  of  beet 
pulp  is  equal  to  1  lb.  of  grain  in  feeding 
value.  Results  of  this  character  might 
be  achieved  in  some  dairies  where  poor 
roughages  are  fed.  but  ordinarily  it  will 
be  found  that  corn  or  hominy  is  by  all 
odds  the  more  economical  source  of  car¬ 
bohydrates,  and  the  beet  pulp  must  be 
relied  upon  chiefly  to  provide  bulk,  pal¬ 
atability,  lime  and  succulence. 
Countrywide  Produce  Situation 
JOT  IX  THE  COTTON  BELT  —  FREEZING 
WEATHER,  TOO— PLANTERS  STILL  HAVE 
COURAGE  —  RISKS  OF  FARMING  IN¬ 
CREASE-APPLES  GOING  FAST  —  THE 
WEST  PUSHING  FANCY  PEARS. 
The  farmer’s  position  seems  to  be  im¬ 
proving  a  little  in  line  with  the  active 
business  conditions  and  the  generally 
rising  tendency  of  prices  for  goods  and 
products.  He  is  getting  more  for  some 
kinds  of  farm  produce,  but  at  the  same 
time  he  is  paying  more  for  most  things 
that  he  buys.  As  compared  with  1913, 
.iust  before  the  war.  he  can  buy  more 
farm  supplies  now  with  his  $1  worth  of 
cotton,  wool,  butter  and  eggs,  but  less 
than  in  1913  with  his  .$1  worth  of  hay, 
grain,  potatoes  and  live  stock. 
JOY  IN  DIXIE 
Producers  of  cotton  and  wool  are 
faring  best,  even  with  light  production. 
This  means  that  the  South  and  West 
are  faring  better  than  the  East.  When 
the  cotton  market  touched  the  30c  mark 
the  whole  South  jumped  with  joy  and 
jingled  money  in  its  purse.  But  the 
South  had  its  troubles,  too,  w'hen  the  re¬ 
cent  freezes  injured  the  truck  crops  from 
Florida  to  California,  reducing  the  yield 
and  delaying  the  season.  So  far  not 
much  damage  has  been  done  to  fruit,  ex- 
<  ept  to  strawberries  in  the  extreme  South 
and  a  little  to  peaches  in  Georgia,  but 
growers  always  feel  anxious  in  such  a 
reason,  because  late  freezes  in  the  South 
are  sometimes  repeated  further  North  as 
the  season  advances.  Another  drawback 
to  Southern  farming  is  the  farm  labor 
problem,  which  usually  gives  little  trou- 
1  le.  because  of  the  large  negro  popula¬ 
tion,  bred  and  trained  on  the  farm. 
Lately  they  have  been  flocking  to  the 
cities  to  work  on  roads  and  buildings 
and  about  the  factories  at  wages  higher 
than  farmers  could  pay.  With  less  help 
tit  hand  the  South  is  planning  to  raise 
more  cotton,  which  can  hardly  be  done 
without  cutting  down  on  corn  and  other 
crops.  This  is  well  enough,  because  the 
rest  of  the  country  can  raise  plenty  of 
grain,  and  the  grain  export  situation 
does  not  seem  very  promising. 
READY  TO  PLANT 
The  fertilizer  trade  is  reported  active, 
showing  that  the  farmers  have  not  lost 
their  courage  nor  all  their  credit.  A 
good  part  of  the  Eastern  country  is  only 
just  now  coming  out  of  the  snowbanks 
and  thinking  things  over. 
They  have  done  fairly  well  with  live 
stock,  "dairy  and  poultry  during  the  past 
few'  months.  Wool  is  in  light  supply  and 
lambs  in  good  demand.  While  the  market 
for  sheep  products  does  not  depend  on 
Europe,  hogs  and  beef  cattle,  as  well 
as  wheat,  all  need  a  good  export  demand 
to  keep  up  the  price,  and  one  can  hardly 
guess  how'  much  of  these  things  will  be 
wanted  under  the  present  unsettled  con¬ 
ditions  overseas. 
It  is  certain  at  least  that  it  takes  a 
great  deal  more  money  than  it  used  to 
for  running  a  farm,  and  the  risk  is 
greater  nowadays.  A  farmer  with  small 
capital  can  make  himself  safer  by  rais¬ 
ing  more  than  one  or  two  kinds  of  pro¬ 
duce,  counting  on  something  doing  well 
enough  to  pay  his  bills. 
MARKETING  APPLES  EAST 
Apples  are  going  to  market  fast. 
There  are  still  a  few  in  farmers’  cellars 
and  sheds,  especially  in  Maine  and  the 
Northwest,  but  most  of  the  market  stock 
is  in  cold  storage  and  cleaning  up  fast. 
Prices  touched  $6  per  barrel  during  the 
cold  snap,  which  reduced  the  movement 
of  new  supplies,  but  the  general  city 
range  of  standard  kinds  of  choice  grade 
is  .$4  to  $5.50  per  barrel.  Western  ap¬ 
ples  are  selling  comparatively  low,  and 
the  season  has  not  been  satisfactory  to 
the  producers  in  the  boxed  apple  regions 
so  far  as  concerns  the  apple  sales.  But 
they  did  w’ell  with  pears.  It  looks  as  if 
the  Northwesterners  were  putting  over  a 
new  one  on  the  Eastern  fruit  growers  by 
developing  a  market  for  fancy  pears,  a 
fruit  which  had  been  somewhat  neg¬ 
lected  as  a  crop  for  business  orchards. 
G.  B.  F. 
There  Is  Only  ONE 
Unadilla  Silo 
The  features  that  made  the  Unadilla  Silo  famous  are  covered  by 
patents.  There  is  no  silo  made  like  the  Unadilla.  No  silo  is  made 
so  convenient  and  safe  to  use  as  the  Unadilla.  There  is  only  one 
Unadilla  Silo,  made  in  Unadilla,  N.  Y.,  and  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 
Send  for  the  big  illustrated  1923  Catalog  which  shows  why  twice 
as  many  Unadillas  are  sold  than  any  other  silo  in  the  East. 
Unadilla  Service 
is  complete,  from  the  selection  of  lumber 
to  the  delivery  of  your  silo.  A  traffic  de¬ 
partment  sees  that  you  get  your  silo 
on  time  and  get  it  complete.  Every 
part  is  thoroughly  inspected. 
Advantages  for  the  Early  Buyer 
Every  year  many  who  want 
Unadilla  Silos  are  disappointed.  It  is 
humanly  impossible  to  deliver  all  the 
silos  that  are  ordered  just  before  corn 
is  ready  simply  because  freight  cars 
cannot  be  received  and  loaded  in 
time.  The  early  buyer  can  get  his 
silo  in  time,  get  it  erected  and 
adjusted  properly.  He  has  it  ready  to 
fill  without  anxiety  or  necessity  for 
hasty  erection. 
If  you  would  be  sure  of  the  satisfaction  of  having  a  Unadilla  Silo 
send  for  catalog ,  prices  and  early  order  discount  now. 
Here  Are  the 
Dominant  Features  of 
Construction 
The  Roof,  whether  Conical  or  Gambrel  in  form, 
is  made  of  a  durable,  weather  resisting  variety  of 
lumber,  capped  with  galvanized  iron  ventilator 
and  provided  with  double  hinged  doors  for  filling 
the  Silo. 
This  part  of  gambrel  roof  provides  ample  working 
space  to  permit  of  ensilage  being  firmly  tramped 
to 'top  of  staves,  besides  affording  storage  for  several 
tons  blown  in  through  filling  opening  above.  The 
result — a  Silo  full  of  silage  after  settling  has  occured. 
Steel  cable  anchors,  connecting  with  top  and 
middle  hoops  through  equalizing  saddles  attached 
to  the  ground  rods,  safeguard  the  Silo  during 
wind  storms. 
Fasteners  being  wholly  on  the  doors  permit  of 
their  being  locked  in  the  frame  at  any  point;  easily 
shoved  up  out  of  the  way  at  feeding  time  and  as 
easily  lowered  to  close  the  opening  at  ensilage  level. 
Door  opening  is  22  inches  wide,  continuous  and 
unobstructed,  enabling  operator  to  raise  each  suc¬ 
cessive  door  above  the  feed  level  and  shove  the 
ensilage  from  Silo.  No  tiresome  pitching  of  feed 
up  two  or  more  feet  to  clear  high  doors  and 
crossbraces. 
Door  fasteners  make  an  ever-ready,  handy,  sub¬ 
stantial  and  safe  ladder  the  entire  height  of  the 
front.  Rounds  are  15  Vat-  inches  apart,  stand  out 
5  inches  from  the  doors  and  are  13  inches  wide. 
Easy  to  climb — up  or  down. 
Four  adjustable  base  anchors  of  steel  cable, 
embedded  in  the  concrete,  hold  the  Unadilla 
immovable  on  its  foundation. 
Door  irame  is  adjustable.  A  few  turns  of  nuts 
on  ends  of  tie-rods  gives  a  narrower  or  wider 
opening  as  desired,  overcomes  the  nuisance  of 
doors  that  bind  and  insures  permanent  air-tightness 
throughout  the  door  system. 
Every  hoop  can  be  taken  up  as  much  as  12 
inches  at  the  door  front,  all  adjusting  nuts  being 
close  to  a  man  or  boy  working  from  the  door 
fastener  ladder.  No  dangerous,  side-slipping 
separate  ladder  required.  The  work  done  in  a 
jiffy  under  protection  of  the  chute  connection. 
UNADILLA  SILO  CO.,  Box  C,  Unadilla,  New  York 
