Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-05-24
FARMER SHOULD CHANGE HIS TACTICS.
pslrying and Silcs Necessary to Adequate Realiza-
tion on High Priced Land

This is the time of year to take mp aud
agitate the question of building q silo.
All the agricultural papers are working
overtime trying to convince the farmers
1t is the proper thing to do. There is
something strange in the fact that the
average da1ryman is pursuing about the
same tactics in the production of milk
today on his land that is worth 500 per
acre, that he did ten or fifteen years ago
when it was worth from $25 to $50 He
either was getting big interest on his in
vestment in land at that time, or is get
ting a very low rate now. 1t is bust.
ness proposition that higher the price of
the investment the greater should be
the income, and if the farmer used the
same business acumen that the business
man uses, he would devise and adopt
the way of mana, ,,ing his farm that
would bring him the biggest returns.
Another way to look at 1t is this: II
takes at least three acres of land to keen
a cow year and this amount is exceed
ed more times than not We will sun.
pose that land to be worth $50 per acre.
Now, IL by an additional investment of
S20O one acre of that land can be made
20 support one cow year, haven't YOU
increased the value of yoUr land to $3.50
per acre less the interest IN the 5000 di.
vided mp on the whole lcl cage? This is
the exact proposition in q nut she'll We
nave before us the figures of a man on a
1S0-farm who built silo last wear and
knows what he is doing A 156- ton silo
cost hir1 less thsr 5000 Two of his
neighbors built 3ae each and the three
exchanged WORK il filling SO that he was
a g.
ing twine and the gasoline used He sub.
mlts statement of what it would have
cost him to have filled his silo providing
he had piid ;ash for all the help at the
going wages, as well as the other ex-
penses Nine men, 81 days at 81. so ner
day, S4Isi5; q teams, 81 days at al per
day, sci; boarding me2 and teams. go
50; binding twine, $6; gasoline. S6: total.
S1Q2 75 This figures about Csc per ton,
A COW will eat three tons of hay during
the winter and the average hav crop
Will not exceed two tons per acre. while
from ten to fifteen tons of eusilage 10
the acre is about the average; so, if any
thing, the advantage lies on the side of
the ensllage for overrunning the keeping
OF a COW year.
Dairytng and the silo seem TO be the
@SA SCbbihB AuLtEbHb OUT OF
high-prieed land. The hole that the
dairyman can see in it now is the work
of filing it. They argue that it is hard
work-which it is Hired help is scarce
and hard to get, but the dairymen do
not stop TO think that after it is once in
the silo, it is in the best and easiest DOS.
sibe shape to feed. Let two or three
farmers go together ano build and fill as
did the one VINO submits the cost of fill
ing. he says he figures ne has lost fully
one half OF the producing value of his
farm by not having q silo before. In.
creased Number Of silos means increased
lumber Of cows and increased amount
of milk, with consequent lessening of
the cost Of manufacturing butter in the
creameries.
Today, there ISN'T one pound of storage
butter in the country, while last year on
the 1st Of May there were 5000. O0O
pounds. Commence to handle your
cream same as you would in the hottest
part OF the summer, cool and stir we'll.
Cover your cans when you 20 to factory
and go three times week
J. n WIGCINTON.
Bloomingdale, May 22nd.