The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-16

COW, while his ne1gnDOr is receiving
Is to 20 per cent more milk daily
than he receives
Never in the history of the state of
Kansas have the siIo users put into the
siio so much immature silage as they
did last season. Men cut as to so
acres of ground to get fodder enough
10 ill a I4x26 silo. However the crop
this wear is different and to 10 acres
will fill the same size depository. AT
the town of Ottawa where a great
number of wood stave silos were
erected during the past year, and
where the crop was light, a peculiar
condition existed. The corn was not
only immature. but the stalk literally
alive with chinch bugs SO thick the
conyeyor of the cutter was Allied be-
meath the drag chains to such an ex-
tent there could have been gathered
into the siIo without injuring the
grain. The heat within the silo is
great enough to destroy any plant or
animal life that goes inside.
Under these conditions the people OF
Franklin county made the stlo pay
during the past year with poor crops.
We receive information daily from peo-
ME who bought silos during the past
wear and each and every one states
If is the best investment he has ever
made
Owners Are the Real Silo Boosters.
outside the town of Topeka two silos
have been erected by E. B. Merriam,
of the Merriam Mortgage company.
He states a silo OF the capacity OF
either one, 16x2s, is worth $1,000 of any
mans money under present conditions.
The boosters of the silo are the men
who own silos. Over $500 have been
erected this year in the state OF KAN
sa. and the purchasers have been sue
cessfuI in filing them Feed can be
sliced and occupy one-tenth OF the
suace necessary to house it IN any
other way. The loss from rain,
abrasion, or the many difficulties that
arise from trying to save the crop
by the curing process are banished By
the use of the silo. No more mouldS
clover no more leaves blown to the
four winds of the earth, no more is II
necessary to work day and night to
save what little amount of feed you
raise on the farm.
Erecting a silo eliminates early ris-
ing, getting an old sled and ak, going
into the corn field, digging shock o.
fodder, trying to get it loose from the
ground, hauling it to the stock, ana
finding it has become so unpalata Die
the farm animal will not touch 1t.
There is no question that the farm
animal fed through the silo is fed
evenly. There is no question that !
,attIe can be fed with less help through
the silo than in any other way. Inc
nan who keeps a hand during the
entire winter for the purpose of feed
ng cattle cannot make any money
1uder present prices Of feed The rel
ltive cost of foodstuff that is put ID
he silo is much smaller than the cost
Of footstuff fed a bunch of cattle
through the dry feed process.
There are two ways of making money
IN the farm. One is by getting hig9
price for products. The other is by
producing more cheaply. When the
prices rule, lower the shrewd farmer
ooks about to find where he can pro- j
luce more economically. Naturally. !
lince the silo is the solution, he Won |
Iers Just whether it will meet the need +
# the Kansas farmer, and his own ]
particular need especially
The high cost of living can be traced
argeIy to the present methods used
n the cultivation of land. The farm
T is not realizing his just share OF !
rofts and fails to utilize crops to
he best advantage. The average ear
of corn weighs from eight to ten
unces, the stalk about six times as
much; in feeding cattle by the old
Method, the animal simply gets the
enefit of the grain and possible 1t !
o Is per cent of the stalk. If the
rain were sliced the animal would
ot only be benefited by eating the
rain. but by eating six times the
mourt of the grain in roughness-
What's the Matter With Kansas?
At the present time Kansas is short
I u per cent in beef, milk and butter;
onsider everybody was short on feed
uring the past winter, and realize
-hy the price on these products is
angling high. At the same time we
ealize the cause of this shortage was
lie feed proposition. Thousands of
pres of forage went to waste during.
lie past year and we can hardly un-
erstand why the farmer does not find
,me method to increase the income
4 his farm Immediately.
Thousands of cattle died during the
asst winter for want of something to
IT. Our daily papers have been filled
it'll accounts of horses dying during
lie summer. The diseases could have
cen entirely eradicated had the cat
e been fed on silage instead of dry,
usty corn.
The silo will not cure all the ills that
list on the farm, but 1t will cure /
BOD many of them If farmers real
e its Importance and store their !
rage crop in a silo the price of beef
i'll go down; in three years more
ansas will not be short in dairy
Fertility of the soil will be {
served and the profit of the farmers {
this state will be very materially
iyanced.