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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-04-15
Silage Supplies Succulent Stock Feed

feet in a twenty-fve-foot silo. And we
certainly must preserve it all, the up
per twenty feet as we'll as the lower.
"The proper filling of the silo is of
of the greatest Importance. 1t is al
together wrong, as has been recon-
mended, to have big outfit go from
farm to farm and to fill silo in a
day or two Filling by such method
will not give the silage sufficient time
to heat, and therefore will not develop
carbonic acid enough to overcome the
oxygen and the result will be, at least
in the lower part of the silo, sour
silage.
"This fast filling will also cause an
uneven settling, which will result in
more or less loss by mold and rot next
to the wall of the silo. Another disad-
vantage of such fast filling is the loss
of nearly one-third of the capacity of
the silo, because it will only be two
thirds full after it's through settling.
would therefore recommend that ev-
cry owner of a silo have his own out
fit for filling. To fill silo thirty-five
to forty feet in depth and sixteen feet
in diameter should occupy at least
from ten to twelve days. 1t is there
fore not necessary to have large out
fit. A four horsepower gasoline en-
gine and a sixteen-inch cutter will an
swer the purpose. A gasoline engine
of about that size ought to be on every
farm. In our days it is almost as nee
essary as reaper and a mower"
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-04-15

with great rapidity Now slow filling
holds the preference. The first silos
were "pit" 'silos, and these are now
sometimes built, but aside from their
cheapness, they have no advantage OF
consequence over those built above
ground, while a serious objection to
them lies in the difficulty of feeding
from them.
Some of the early silos were mas
sive structures of stone, but wood was
soon largely substituted as being
cheaper and less conducive of heat
and cold. Now, however, many silos
are being constructed of hollow con-
crete blocks.
Sios and SiIage.
One of the very first Wisconsin
dairymen to take an interest in the
preserving of green corn was Mr..
Charles Linse of La Crosse. He
learned of the experience of French
man who had been feeding his COWS
summer rations in winter by preserv-
ing green crops "by putting them into
air tight receptacles where they would
be kept unchanged" After investi-
SdLIuS CuG SuUJOCC SoA OlolJ oo POo
sible he decided to erect silo on his
dairy farm in La Crosse county. At
the Ground Up" Farmers Institute at
Mondovi, Mr.. Linse gave resume OF
his silo experience. Among other
things he said:
"Silage has often been compared
with canned fruit. This is hardly a
correct comparison. To preserve any
material of this nature the oxygen, the
promoter of all fermentation and de-
composition, has to be driven out. In
preserving fruit, the oxygen is driven
out of the can by artificial heat, by
setting the can in boiling water. II 1t
is then sealed air-tight, so as to ex-
clude the oxygen, it's contents will re-
main unchanged. They will stay
sweet, as we term it. Not so with the
silage. Sweet silage is misleading
term, as there is no sweet silage in
this sense of the word.
"Now the method used in preserv-
ing fruit cannot be followed in making
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-04-15
TEN GOOD REASONS FOR sILos.

H. G. Hargrove, the pioneer silo
man of Des Moines, Iowa, gives ten
good reasons why Iowa farmers
should have silos.
1. They can make more dollars
from the same quantity of land.
2. They can carry from 40 to so
per cent more stock on the same quan-
tity of land.
8. They can care for their stock
through the winter months with less
exposure to themselves or outlay for
labor.
4. They can procure their winters
feed from the corn fields and sell
enough hay each year to pay for a
silo.
5. The manure produced from sill
age is better and easier to handle than
from dry or shredder fodder.
6. If dairying, the COWS will give
more milk on silage than any other
feed.
7. If cattle FEEDER the steers will
take on more fat and eat less corn If
fed silage.
8. If fed to brood sows, they will
be healthier and will produce stron-
ger and healthier pigs than on any
other feed.
g. Silage is a splendid feed for
horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, poultry or
any kind of live stock carried on a
farm.
10. The universal use of silos in
neighborhod will add so much to
the general prosperity of that neigh
borhood that all the land will enhance
in value from ten to twenty dollars
per acre.
I could give you a great many more
good reasons, but believe the above
will be sufficient to at least start the
unthinking farmer to consider the
question of silos.-Register and
Farmer.
Continued on Page 81
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-04-15

A short symposium of practical
views as to the benefits to be de-
rived from the use of silos and the
practice of soiling In later is
sue will be given some information
as to the construction of silos. Now
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-04-15

In our last issue we gave sympo-
soil. Succulent feed is of equal i'm
portance to the daily rations of live
stock. Slices and soiling are available
means of supplying this everyday
need.
The advent of silos and silage into
dairying has revolutionized the meth
cd of feeding dairy COWS. First of all,
being a succulent feed, it serves a
double purpose in the ration. 1t is
especially helpful in the winter time.
Silage makes cheaper milk and butter.
A large proportion of the feed of the
cow may be composed of this cheap
and beneficial food with the result
that the cost of milk and butter is
greatly reduced. Above 100000 silos
have been constructed in the United
States, and all the great dairy states
have numerous silos.
Origin of the SiIo.
That there is nothing new under the
sun is amply proven by the example
of the silo. The first of these was pit
or room, below or above ground, used
for the storing of grain. In very early
times in Egypt, Italy, Spain and Mex
leo, seed was stored in such rooms.
But the preservation of green food in
silos possibly commenced about one
hundred years ago. In 1885 Symonds
wrote of Italians preserving fresh
leaves for cattle in casks and pits in
the ground.
In 1843 Johnston, an Englishman
published an article on preserving
green clover, grass or vetches in pits,
basing his statements on observations
made in Germany. Pits were dug 10
to 12 feet square and about as deep,
the sides lined with wood, and clay
floor made. The green stuff was
placed in the pit, and plenty of salt
scattered over it from time to time.
When the pit was full, the top was
we'll salted and a close-fitting cover Of
boards was placed over it. Dirt to
the depth of a foot or so was thrown
on the cover to exclude air. In few
days, after the contents had fermented
and settled, the cover was removed
and more green fodder was thrown
in and the cover again put on.
In England, between 1860 and 1870,
Samuel Jones stored tares or rye cut
green and chaffed, and fed the fer
mented material on an extensive scale
Adolph Reihlen, who had lived num-
Der of years in the United States, on
his return to Germany, stored green
maize in pits, and thus was probably
the first person to use corn silage.
The first silos in this country were
built in 1875 by Manly Miles, OF Mich
igan, while Francis Morris, or Mary
land, commenced experiments along
this line the following year. The re-
suit was most satisfactory. The prac-
tice grew rather slowly, however, and
seven years after Dr. Miles first ex-
pertinent the Department of Agricul-
ture published report giving the ex-
perience of ninety-one farmers and
stockmen with silos in different parts
of the country.
While this early SLIDING was in gen.
eral success, important changes have
been made in methods. 1t was at first
considered necessary to place heavy
weights on the sliced material in or
der to press it down and exclude the
air but it was later found that 1t kept
as we'll without pressure. 1t was also
supposed that the silo should be filled
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-04-15
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, APRIL 15 1909.

is the time to prepare for filling
them. The Ranch will be pleased
to receive reports and suggestions
from it's readers in regard to silos
and soiling and the best crops to
use for filling them.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-04-15
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
POULTRY IN THE RANCH

Mr. been advertising in The Ranch for many
started IA years ago
and we want you to letter he wrote April s.
Poultry
in Of
with
birds
had resul
ours
& Washington
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-23
BREAD GOES SKYWARD
BAKERS OF OHIO ADVANCE THE
PRICE or BREAD, AND CRY TO
TAFT FOR HELP.

Cincinnati, April 19-At the close
OF a stormy meeting of the master ba.
kers of Cincinnati, it was announced
that as result of the rise in the
price Of wheat, it had been decided
to dispense with the three and four.
cent loaves of bread, which have been
supplied from some bakeries. and that
from now on nothing but the stan
dard fve-cent loaf will be supplied to
the trade.
II. d. Urpuhart, of Springfield, pres
ident OF the State Master Bakers AS,
ISOLATION, declared that only FIVE and
ten-cent loaves would be on sale in
Springfield.
James Harrington Boyd of Toledo,
IN a letter to the local association, re-
cited the duties under the proposed
new tariff on wheat and -four, and
asked the Cincinnati bakers TO %me
after President Taft" on the subject.
Resolutions, which will be sent to
the Ohio senator's and congressman.
were adopted. alleging that recent
gambling in food products had raised
the price Of -four to the master bakers,
has lowered the wages Of journeymeu
bakers, and has raised the price OF
bread to consumers"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-23

80 MEN KILLED IN RIOT
PRIEST LED MOB AGAINST Po.
Lie IN MEXICO, WHEN MAYOR
ATTEMPTED TO STOP PARADE.

City of Mexico, April 15.-Accord
ing to dispatch received in this city
the rioting which occurred at Velar
dena, the big coal mining camp in
the state of Coahuila, was more Sc
rlous than at first reported Athirty-twc
men being killed and many injured
The trouble was instigated by Faith
er Ramon Valenzuela, the parish
priest, 1t is asserted, who lies in a
hospital lowering between life and
death. Fourteen of the rioters have
been summarily executed by the gov
ernment troops and many imprisoned
Many Americans reside in Velarde-
ma, the camp being controlled by
American capital.
The leaders of the mob, which was
well organized, avoided attacking
Americans, or destroying American
property. The fighting occurred when
the Jefe Politice of the town, an on
fcer corresponding to a mayor, at
tempted to stop a religious process
sion headed by the village priest, the
laws of Mexico forbidding such pa
rades, A thousand pariShoncrs fol-
lowed the priest, wishing to witness
the annual burning of Jrdas, and when
the orders of the town. executive be.
came known, the mob, becoming en-
ragged, stormed Chinese hotel, loot
ing it of all liquors and foods, and
terrorizing the neighborhood during
the night, by their drunken orgy.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-23
BroWn-TaiIer Wedding.

Baltimore.-The society of Balti
more, New York, Philadelphia, Wash
ington and other cities was we'll rep
resented at the wedding here of Miss
Harriet Brown of this city and T
Suffern Taller Of New York Two
of the wealthiest families of Balti
more and New York were united by
the marriage.
The bride is the daughter of Alex
ander Brown, leading banker of Bal,
timore.
Mr. and Mrs. Taller will spend their
honeymoon aboard George J. Gould's
million-dollar yacht Atalanta, which is
literally floating palace. That is
one Of Gould's presents to the bride
and bridegroom. Already Miss Brown
has received from her father, General
Alexander Brown, a check for $1,000
900. From Oscar G. Murray, presi-
dent of the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road, there came a wonderfully equip
ped touring car valued at $4,000
From relatives in New York a com
plete set of gold dinner ware and cut
glass.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-23
FIREAT ROCHESTER, N Y
FLAMES SWEPT BY GREAT GALE
CAUSED $5oo,ooo LOSS AND HUN.
DRED FAMILIES HOMELESS.

Rochester, N. Y, April 14.-Swept
along in the face of a 25-mile gale
fire destroyed several sections of the
city and did damage estimated at
100000. For a time it was thought
that great portion of the city would
be swept, and aid was summoned
from Buffalo and Syracuse.
The out-of-town fremen, with ap-
paratus, responded promptly, but be-
fore they reached the scene the he
roic work of the local department
and of volunteers had got the flames
under contro& One hundred families
are homeless, and militiamen are in
the affected zones, guarding what lit
tie the people saved of their house
hold effects.
Mayor Edgerton issued call for re-
lief funds for the families. Some of
them are quartered in precinct houses
and large number in a public school.
Because Of the numerous fires. which
Rochester has had lately, the board of
fire underwriters has increased rates
here on all buildings except dwellings,
25 cents on every hundreI dollars.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-23
CONDENSED DISPATCHES,

Springfield, IIl.-Coming to the
state capital to convince doubling leg
islators of their desire to vote, large
delegation of Chicago suffragists are
besieging senators and representa-.
tives with pleas for the ballot They
have come here to attend the hearing
on the Chicago municipal suffrage
bill, which gives women the right to
vote at municipal elections.
Washington. o. LaFontisse, of
Jacksonville, Fla, connected since
last July with the forestry bureau,
was found dead in the bath room ad-
joining his room at a local hotel, the
gas in the room being turned on. The
coroner, not satisfied as to the cause
of death. Mr.. La Fontisse was for a
number of years connected with news
papers of Florida.
Winston-Salem, N. C.-Mariou Shell
ton, aged 16, made sneering remark
about some mules driven by Oscar
Woolwine, aged Is. When the latter
resented the aspersions cast upon his
long-eared beasts, Shelton shot and
killed him. The boys have been enc
mics for two years, because of a dis
agreement over a ball game. Shell
ton escaped and has not been cap
tured.
Asheville, N C.-Fire of unknown
origin destroyed the Kenilworth
inn, one of the best known hostelries
in the south, miles from this city
The fire is alleged to have started
in the kitchen. The guests were
reused, and as far as is known, all
succeeded in making their escape
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-23
HOTEL FIRE IN FRISCO
GUESTS FLEE FROM DEATH. %
MISSING, FIVE BODIES FOUND.
RUINS BEING SEARCHED.

San Francisco, April 17.-Five bod
les recovered and probably eight oil
cen others buried in the ruins six
injured, one fatally, aDt q perry loss
of $125,O00 are the res fire that
destroyed the st. Ge3r ho.cl, a
lodging house for laborere, y How
ard and Eighth streets, and eight 9th
er small buildings.
The bodies taken to the morgue
were so charred that identification
was impossible.
The hotel was a three-story frame
building and burned so rapidly that
none of the 1S0 guests had time to
dress, and many escaped by jumping
to the roof of an adjoining workshop
Scores clamored down the ladders oi
the firemen and the fire escapes, and
at least four jumped to safety into
the net held by the fire fighters.
The st. George hotel was a flmsy
structure, built as an emergency lodg
ing house after the great fire of 1906
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-23

Cincinnati, Ohio-Thomas GebhaTt,
aged 19 years, of Dayton, Ohio. who
confessed that he wrote a letter to
Edward Reynolds, of Reynolds &
Reynolds, stationers of Dayton, that
he must pay 5000 to the Black Hand
Society,", or suffer death, was sentenc-
ed to thirteen months in the Leaven-
worth, Kansas. penitentiary, by United
States Judge Thompson.
Pittsburg, PA romance begun In
Japan three years ago eliminated in
the marriage of Lieutenant Walter o.
Boswell, United States army, Of
Greene county, Georgia, to Miss Anna
d. Orr, one of the rich girls of Pitts
burg.
New York.-The funeral of Lieuten-
ant Joseph Petrosino, of the New York
police department, who was assassi-
mated while engaged in special SER
vice in Palermo, Sicily, was made the
occasion for a remarkable tribute.
Union. S. C.-Though only six years
old. Fred Bell is prisoner in the
EJnion county Jail with the grim
charge of murder resting against
him. 1t is charged that the child shot
ana killed Ethel Thomas, who was
only three years of age.
Kingman, Kan.-Willie Hotchkiss.
aged 1O. a son of farmer living near
Sage. this county, was attacked and
killed by prairie wolves and Gcc-~e
Nichols, also aged 10, was severely
bitten by the beasts, but was rescued
by neighbors.
Midland. Tex-Fire caused a loss
of $500, 600 in the business section OF
the city. One hotel, two banks and
many stores were burned.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-23
Baron Takahira's Trip,

Bridgeport, Conn.-This city enter
tanned distinguished guests in the per
sons of Baron Kogoro Takahira, Jap
anese ambassador to the United
States; Captain ]. B. Murdock of the
battleship Rhode Island, Representa-
tives Hill and Moore and other gov
ernment officials. They were the
guests of the local board of trade.
Among the features of Baron Taxa
hira's visit was a trip on the subma-
rine boat Lake, now lying in the har-
Dor. The diplomat Is greatly inter
ested in the development of subma-
rine navigation and has expressed a
desire to inspect the workings Of the
Lake
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-23
Dixie saptIsts Get New Mexico.

Weshington.-New Mexico will be
placed under the jurisdiction of the
home mission board of the Southern
Baptist Church. Arizona, which the
southern church also sought to have
annexed to its territory, will continue
in the territory of the northern church.
but five years from now it will be
annexed by the southern board
Ex-Governor Joseph NJ. Terrell, DR..
B. d. Gray, Samuel B. Jones, DR.. John
E. Briggs, of Atlanta, and ]. F. Love,
of Dallas, Tex, representing the south
ern church, conferred with a com
mittee OF FIVE members from the Amer
lean Baptist Home Mission Society
of the Northern Baptist Church. rela-
tive to mission work in these two ter
ritories, with the result announced
above.
Governor Terrell accompanied the
Atlanta members of the delegation to
the white house, where the party
shook hands with President Taft.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-23
and Humans
Are Both Benefited by
Unrestricted ViVisectiOn

Cornell versfy.

A
ornen
NTHRAX germs which scattered many places
- in the United States would be of great loss
- it not for the fact that by of ACTUAL EXPERI
NENT UPON FEW ANIMALS its has been
and methods for its established Instead of
being a PERPETUAL SCOURGE it little than
OCCASIONAL LOSS of animal 1t by knowledge derived
animal alone that has been possible bring
like the foot and mouth disease Texas fever derpes
rabies and contagious europneumona under the state of
subiection. This has NOT ONLY PREVENTED MUCH SUE
FERING TO MILLIONS OF ANIMALS, BUT IT HAS ALSO
SAVED THEM FOR THEIR OWNERS.
RESTRICT EXPERIMENTS UPON
MAILS THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE CAUSES
VARIOUS DISEASES
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS
As evidence of this consider the diseases
of live stock which have already been conquered and practically sup
pressed result of DISCOVERIES MADE THROUGH AN
IMAL EXPERIMENTATION. In England where such expert
restricted by law Dr. Fleming the prominent
authorities animal Diseases makes the that this policy
has the country and its colonies untod Millions If Judge
simply from commercial point of view afford ren
quh the Investigations which have done much this
in building annual export trade of $3.50 animals
and animal products with invested capital live stock exclusive
of poultry, of nearly $5,00O,O 100000
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-23
Trying to Improve US

Philadelphia.-"Race Improvement
In the United States" and "The De
velopment of Physical Welfare
Through Social Environment" were
the principal topics for discussion at
the annual meeting of the American
Academy of Political and Social Sci
ence in this city.
Among those taking part in the va.
rious discussions are men of national
prominence.
Oscar S. Straus, former secretary
of commerce and labor; John Mitch
ell, former president of the United
Mine Workers; Congressman Herbert
Parsons Of New York, Congressman
William S. Bennett of the immigration
commission, DR.. Luther H Gulick of
New York and Ray Stannard Baker,
who discussed the liquor problem in
its relation to the race problem in
the south.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-23
Educators in important Conference

.Atlanta.-With the purpose OF
awakening and informing public
opinion and securing additional bet
terment of the public schools, the su,
preme need of our time" the confer.
ence for education in the south held
a three days session.
The conference called together a
large number of prominent educators
from the southern states and from
other sections of the country The
presiding officer was Robert c. Og-
den of New York, chairman of the
southern education board. Among
those who accepted parts on the pro-
gram were Hoke Smith, governor of
Georgia; Clifford Pinchot of the for
est service, Washington Clarence
Ousley, editor of the Fort Worth Re-
cord, Fort Worth, Tex; DR.. Elmer
Ellsworth Brown, United States com
missioner of education; Dean Ida
Shaw King, Woman's college, Brown
university, Providence, R. l.; Edwin
A. Alderman, president of the Univer-
sity of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va,
and Charles R. Van Hise, president of
the University of Wisconsin.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-23
DR.. Samuel Marshall Orr Dead.

Anderson, S. C.-The entire commu-
nifty is saddened by the death of DR..
Samuel Marshall Orr, which took place
in Baltimore. DR.. Orr was the second
and only remaining son of South Car
olinas distinguished James L. Orr.
DR.. Orr's health has been failing
for some months. At JOhns-Hopkins
he underwent a delicate surgical oper-
alton. His constitution was weaken
ed from prolonged illness and he could
not recupeyate.
DR.. Orr was president of the Orr
Cotton mill, and of the Water, Light
and Power Co.