The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-09-06

| county with As present, Guilford ana
Halifax having IS each, Pitt L anu
Edgecombe IL.
The opening exercises of the last day
of the convention began early yester-
day morning with the Judging of live
stock. In this, Mr.. W. A. Myatt was
kind enough to furnish his excellent
team of high grade rcheron Tor
| use in pointing out the features max
ing up the draft horse. A al OF
| heavy mules from the college was
used for demonstrating the features
of a good mule. These classes were
Judged by Dr.. G.. A. Roberts.
Good driving and saddle horses
were furnished by Freeman and Las
sitter and were judged by Drs. W. U.
Chrisman and Mr.. L. F. Koonce.
Comparisons of good and poor
types of beef animals were made OF
cattle which were available by Messrs.
+ A. Conover and r. S. Curtis.
A demonstration Of the production
of hog cholera serum was made by
DR.. w. A. Chrisman at the serum plant
near the A. & M. College.
Silo and Silo Building.
The first speaker Of the day at the
convention was Mr.. j. A. Conover, OF
| the United States Department Of Ag-
riculture, who spoke concerning "Silo
and Silo Building" his remarks being
such as to give valuable instruction.
He said the method Of keeping
silage was as old as anu
guilty. Silage was formerly
put ND in the ground and in some in
instances in stacks heavily weighted.
When the first corn WAS put up it
was put UP in bundles. Later expert
ments shows it is best put up in short
lengths, hence the present system of
cutting in short lengths. Colorado
enjoys a climat that is most condu-
49, x,>~ on~- IN hno1y on1 nyrnp
then, there is a loss Of 35 per cent.
in corn put up in the shock, while the
loss in the silO is not over 5 per cent.
A man having ten cattle should nave
a silO. Any one having a dairy herd,
or who feeds beef cattle should have
a silO. In. Indians and Iowa expert
ments show that beef can be made
cheaper with the silO than with dry
feed. There is a prevailing opinion
that q silO costs too much, but Sucn
is not the case. They are not necessa-
rily costly. Then he took up silO build
ing in this State, that four years 6
he built I silos the next year I; then
silos. This year he Will put up
forty, quite an increase. He cOnSid-
cred the stave silo the cheapest silo
made, that it is much to be preferred
to a silO made by digging a hole in the
ground and cementing the walls. He
advised a concrete foundation six feet
to eight feet deep.
Mr.. A. l.. French here stated that
silos set up on top of the ground with
out any foundation at all were giving
him good results. Corn for best ensil-
age should be past the roasting ear
stage. that is glazed and denied but
not cured as much as when ready to
cut for curing in the shock. At the
close of his address, Mr.. Conover an
swered many questions.
A Talk of Much Interest.
Mr.. A. S. Wheeler, manager Of the
Biltmore, BuncOmbe county, farm, be-
ing introduced, was heard with much
interest. He spoke feelingly of the
floods that have probably destroyed
much Of the fine crops he left on the
Biltmore estate, which was in such
fine condition, promising magnificent
crops When he left his home at Bit
more h first of the week. DR..
Wheeler stated that the subject as
signed to him on the program, Live
Stock Farming" was from a misun-
~derstanding. However, he spoke brief
ly OF the advantages of live stock or
the farm. Then he announced the
subject to which he had given thought,
"The Cooperation Of the Farmers
He gave the origin of cooperation
and spoke of it's benefits to the farm
ers. In it he said that the subject Of
cooperation can be divided into sew
eral heads. The first which suggests
itself Is to enter into cooperation to
make, purchase of supplies, etc, that
it is a form OF cooperation that re-
quires no previous experience but only
good business management. The next
IS the cooperation of marketing farm
crops, many notable examples Of this
being found in the South. AS to what
could be done in the South. his faith
er-in-law, who served in the Confed-
eracy, has often said that if you could
build a wall around the Southland it
could easily get along Thai is my
idea Of the farm. We want the farm
50 we can build a fence around it and
not have to go outside for anything"
AS to cooperation, he held that il
the Southern farmer wants to play the
important role in the drama of our
civilization, he must unite along educa-
tiOnal, economic and moral lines.
Following a brief history of COOP
eratian Dr. WhoalaE gid that 4Ao