The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-06-29
Silos and Silage.

The practice OF preserving green food LOT
an indefinite time for the use Of animals
is by no means a modern innovation. Well
Informed writers say that il was wei
known to the ancicnts. and that crude
form Of silo-a mere hole i'm the ground
often not even lined with boards. hut COW
cred against rain-was in use hundreds OF
years ago. But it is only within the last
thirty years that the silo has come To be
an Acknowledged success. In 1877 Mr.. Cop
pert. French farmer. published the first
trcatise on the subject. the title being
Manual Of the Culture and SLIDING OF
Maize and other Green crops
At that time NJ Goflart had an expert
cnce Of twenty-five years in the practice
Of siloinr. The United states department
OF asri, ulture. i'm an annual report pup
lfzhca two wears earlier. had contained
something IN regard to 1.-The French M"th-
OIL of Curing Forage" IN 1879 "a trahsla-
ton OF Gomart's work appeared m the
United States. followed In 1850 10y "A Woih 81,
the subject by pr. j. ~ Bailey. "hu'''H
..FtaHrx's Book of Eusilagc. Ihcnceloi-
ward th, new mode of storing green food
became more and more popular. noiNlt"-
standing tho opposition of conscrNatlN"
minds who could see no good but sIeal
evil ia t1e adoption of the LtW iuea- ne
first siia built in the United states was y!
"a Ntr Morris in Maryland. in l>'b
THE. .irst sio we ever saw was one bui'
on th,. GROUNDS IL the Atlanta cotton expo
s. tion az I>>i. under the supervision OF the
,;..,r-sa department Of agriculture. .ers"n-
aIlv sup,riuteuded hy our old iriehd anu
associate iu THAT department. Professor D.
( STANLEY Newman. To tire thousands OF WIS
itors 10 that notable exposition that silo
ANA the silarc stored in b were objects OF
CURIOSITY IL not oI decided interest. 10 the
many thousands who visited the structure
aut handled ANA tasted and smeled 81 the
contents. NJ We remember correctly. the
slIo was simply "hoc in the ground r.
an excavation in clay side bin. without
liuiu. or floor. and with simply good
shiulie roof over b.. TIN" mass Of cut corn
stalks was pressed down into this pit,
layer or iucn boards placed over II, ON
whirh were plrd several tons OF weight
uf STONES. la4s OF earth. etc. the idea
prevailing at that time that il was iudis-
+ r..u-alle that the silauc iu heavily weighted
down. The ~Ilaae preserved iu that first
~iio .a Georgia was of good quality barring
tt' large proportion that was damaged at
f tHe slides and near The tom.
At tbls time tlcgr are many thousands
E oi -iios in existence ana millions OF tons of
green foul are annually stored iu them.
Tho opposition 90 tlr mode mas been quite
-iiruceI aud only npw and then do We
hear OF some uuUuuEinted farmer sun
holding thr fort a@aluet %. iu the east
AMI north Tho s.lo mas come a. Dee "a come
mon structure. there being one cor more ON
nearly every farm. We have no idea how
many There are goo Georgia NOR iH amy state
~ th,. SOUTH but the method IS growing
iu favor We lav, had daily personal
,yIer-acv ANA observation "f thc ~ilo FOR
f.ur y,are past. ami have mo- doubt 81 IFS
lr,at kaiuc. tt is especially valuable on
every farm where ass many ass half dozen
ur more COWS are o. Pee f,i. and We take
{ u.,.asiau Go urle uron every southern
farmer to consider the eNpedieucy of build
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