FODDER IN THE SILO

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 291, 7 December 1929, Page 24 (Supplement)

FODDER IN THE SILO

The beauty of silo conservation it that you can store an enormously greater quantity of fodder in lhe same space that is possible with a hay stacks and you are able to conserve thc crop whil e it is heavy, succulent and digestible, stated Mr 11. J. Bate, at. the annual husbandry conference arranged l.\r lhe Royal Agricultural .Society of .\- w South Wales. Further, you are able to tak c a crop just at the right, stage ami put it away. When you conserve by means of a silo, you conserve food at a stage when it possesses the highest possible food value. Ther c are men who say that they are able to g o out each morning and freshly cut sufficient for the day’s needs, but to do so they have to harness a team, collect tools, have a man ready, and cut the fodder each time with a chaff-cutter. They have to go to that trouble each day, and each day that their crop i s standing it is going off. Whereas to fill your silo means that you concentrate for a week or two and the whole operation is done within that time. Tho two basic facts in favour of silo conservation are that you conserv c your crop a t the right stage, and you concentrate thc work within a matter of a week or two. You have your food supply convenient to your hand, and in a clean and suitable form.