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VOL. 1 NO. 1 |
THE IOWA FARMSTEAD |
1920 |
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How the Silo is Helping the Iowa Farmer Make Cheaper Beef By W. J. Kennedy For almost a quarter of a century corn silage has been regarded as indispensable to the dairyman. He has long since learned that through the use of the silo he can keep more cows on a given area of land. His cows also produce more milk. The cost of the milk produced is materially lessened. The young stock makes more rapid growth and keeps in much better health and condition.
In Iowa we have many good dairy farmers. We are going
to have a great many more in the next few years. Still the masses of our
people have been and will continue for some time to come to be interested
in some phases of the beef cattle industry. Some are breeders of pure
bred cattle, some are concerned in the production of baby beef and a large
number are engaged in the cattle feeding business. With high-priced land
and high prices for feeding stuffs, the question of utilizing our corn
crop is puzzling many of these men. Can they afford to burn the corn
stalks? How can they best harvest these stalk fields? How can they cut
down the hay bill for the breeding herd and the corn and hay bill for the
fattening steers? How can they feed their pure bred cows during the
winter months to insure a better flow of mils, thus getting larger and
more growthy calves? How can they carry the breeding herd through a
period of drought in July and August, when there is a shortage of grass?
These and many other questions must be answered. The silo is today, and
will be more so in the future, the mainstay of the Iowa farmer. It will
enable him to carry more cattle on a given area of land. It will cheapen
the cost of mainstaying the breeding herd of bee cows. It will cause
his young stock to grown twelve months in the year. |
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