Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-16
Assistant Agricultural Dem.
OnstratOr Of SAINTS Re Points
Out Economy and Great Ad-
vantage Of Device Rapidly
Coming Into General Use.

. For the benefit OF the few who may
be uncertain what Is meant by the
term: "A sllo is a compartment. usula-
~ cylindrical in form, having air
tight walls, whose diameter In approx
imately one-half iLs height. The pur-
+ pose of the silo Is 10 store and pre-
, serve green fodder cut into about
I thrcr-uuarter inch lengths, which ma =
{ terial tnOw ensilagel Is fed To stock
during the winter season when there
Is no green grass or green pasture,
We viii discuss only the under
ground type OF silU because Il Is the
most practical and practicable KIND
! for the dry farmer OF this part of the
country II is not claimed that tho
( underground type is better than the
more common above ground silo, but
We advocate the hole in the ground"
! because the cost factor of the above
/ ground silo prohibits the average
/ homostcader from having one, And
the hOmesteader must have II silo--ho
has got to adopt It. Get silo or get
out" viii soon be- the popular adage
among nOn-irpigatlng farmers In the
arid southwest.
| These are the reasons for the above
assertion: New Mexico homcstcadcrs
can only succeed or even manage to
stay in the country by going into dairy
or stock farming Due To the difficult
~ of raising enough feed every year
Tor the number of stock that will have
To be- kept. great economy In utilizing
( feed will have to be practiced. There
exists no greater economical factor
In modern agriculture than the sllo.
| II saves under New Mexico conditions
/ from 80 to S5 per cent more feed than
| the ordinary method OF stacking In
the Held. MIX COWS are kept to their
maximum al milk flow In the winter
when hnttcr-fnt brings about one
third more per pound than In the
summers For Insurance against crop
failure, you MIR. Dry Farmer are urg-
, cd 10 dig u silo. With silo you are
Insured In Two ways. First. when you
have good year or "a series of good
years store Il part of the bumper Cruj,
! In one quite large Sllo or two or three
: smaller ones. The cnsilagc will keen
indefinitely. Keep II intact until the
I dry years como and you viii not
+ have to buy feed for your milk cows,
hogs or WORK stock. Second, IN the
dry year when the best crop possible
To raise II Immature fodder about
| waist high, thars IL no need tor let
| this feed burn up In the field or IL
cut Just make poor roughagc. If
! you have u silo you can cut that feed
green before IL burns up and put II In.
saved In that way II viii equal your
ordinary maturcd crop when stacked
In the field. SO II viii be seen what
an efficient weapon to night failure il
the slo.
Now, taking up the subject from
thc viewpoint OF the farmer AhO de-
sircs to know how to so about getting
silO: The first calculation CONSISTS
IN nsccrtalnlng the actual number of
animals at present owned or to be
owned In the next year or 50. This IL
10 determine the size of the silu. Count
on each head or grown stock cOnsum-
ing 80 pounds of silnge per day for
six months. Colts Hud calves will
eat - To 90 pounds per day or less.
and hogs probably 10 pounds. Di-
Nid" the total number Of pounds rn-
silage needed for the $50 days by
1000 10 determine the amount In tons.
IL you need 20 tons of sIlage dig n
slo 10 feet in diameter and go feet
deep; 80 tons, 4 feet in diameter and
about 20 feet deep. (FOr reference To
information on other dimensions see
end OF article.) q.
Having decided on the size Of the
silo. you arc ready 30 select a spot adj
JHccnt or convenient to the barn or
feed lot, and go To work. For ten feet
no wlndlass is necessary and thcr,.
need not be any expense for digging
until this depth is reached. But re-
member this hint IL you start Ia
cement from the top when @ feet down
and then cemant another layer at ~
feet and NO on you can eliminate tho
trouble and expense Of scaf0lding In
tho hole. The thickness OF the CO.
ment lining necessary varies from
thrGe-quarterS to one and one half
inch. w. RI. Nieklas, 10 miles east OF
Elida used cement plaster Of two
strengths on his silo. For the first
application he used Ave parts Of sand
IN ono part OF cement. and Tor the
last coat he Increased the cement to
one part Ia two. and Uno-half Of M I'd.
In this way vas required one pound OF
cement to every 2,22 square feet Of
timing His Bilo IL feet In diameter
ana 20 feet deep, and he used as
pounds Of cement The price Of CO.
ment varies from Use to $500 per
hundred pounds.
The proper way to finish the IinlnB,
whether two strengths or one strength
OF plaster II used, In 10 calsomine the
van with cement wash. Then the
wallis will be absolutely air tight
A windlass over the hole Ii the
simplest way OF raising the DIRT An
easier method for handling the illlod
bucket at tho top Of the hole though
requiring q little more mechanical
Ingenuity In to erect IA strong pivot
pole. using about 6xs material. about
3 feet from the edge OF the hole.
From this extend over the hole a hOr-
izOntai piece supported By an oblique
piece leading from the end OF the hor.
lEontaI support TO the top OF the pivot
pole. On the outer end OF the hprl-
SORtal support which kheuld be over
the center OF the hole, fdeten q pulley
wheel The dirt baekea rApw faans
through this pulley, The bpchet caa