Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-10-18
VALUE Of SILOS
TOLD BY EXPERT
Profits From Use Declared
Heavy by Speaker at
Dallas Fair

Dallas. Tex Oct. H. Si.Os and
silage" Vas the subject OF an ad
dress delivered al the Agricultural
and Mechnical college booth by H. W
( Williams. assistant state agent In
club work Mr. Williams In his adj
dress. said In part:
We, as American farmers. are
studying neV methods and systems
81 farming In order TO produce better
crops and more feed STUFF which Is
absolutely essential 20 our advance
ment While We are studying meth
DDS for producing more feed stuff,
Ne should study some methods OF
saylng the feed that we Go raise. u
hav been said that dollar saved Is
equivalent 10 a dollar made. II
that 's true. a pound OF feedstuff saw
cd Is equivalent 10 producing a pounn
~ feed Z, is FAR better 10 cultivate
eight acres 81 feedstuff and save ev-
cry pound ~ % than 20 cultivate II
acres and save only about two-thirds
OF the crop
The silo has come 70 solve the
proposition Of saving feedsiuff 10
great extent. 4 sllo Is just a barn
built 10 a circle for the purpose OF
iraying feed They are, az a rule,
/ constructed about twelve 70 twenty
/ feet in diameter and from &c 70 30
/ feet In height the height about
Twice the diameter. and filled with
some forage crop For example.
green kafir corn. Indian corn and so
forth IA harvested while in good
fodder pulling stage or dough stage.
and is run through a mill and cut
into small pieces one-half or an inch
I'm Tenth and conveyed into Che silo
through the top The silage should
be- packed well in order 10 force out
ms much Of tho air as possible. The
secret ~ putting mp silagc Is TO have
Tho silo afr tight and the s'lage pack
ed well
when a silo is filled the silage
will 80 through a heat or sweating
stage. bleach n little from the green
color. take on an acid or sour taste
and remain In that condition. M
what value Is silage. Is IL good TO
feed 10 our stock II Is a known
Tact that when the grass rises in the
spring milk COWS will pich green sue
culent grasses they get When WIN
ter comes and they are put on dry
feed they fan off In milk tlow AMI
very often go dry. due 20 being cut
off from their green. succrlont feed
/ SIare fed in the winter 20 milk COWS
/. keeps them giving milk just az %
|thot We're running on a green pas
turc
"Of What value is silasc Ia dollars
and cents The feed value OF silage
Iis about 1895 per ton There s
never wear but what w. can grow
~ least eight tons OF green corn per
Iacrr. which means about $500 worth
OF food 10 the acre
There are many different types
Iof silos You can very easily group
ithsm I'm Two general classes wooden
s'los. and solid silos. such as those
/ contracted out OF concrete blocks
stone hollow tile. etc We also lind
1.-The UNDERGROUND cisteru which makes
Ia very cheap silo There are many
objections 20 this type The sIlago
.is easily gotten into ~ bUt 10 Is a
very difficult task 20 get b. ONT. due
20 The siiaco being heavy and bulky
weighing about 90 pounds per cubic
Foot Unless NO can e,t SOME con
foriaut mechanical device 90 hoist
.rrr -ilaee. 10 Is not very desirable
siio md for that reason F0u find
''hom os q rule built above 'hc erolnd
Tho gtayo silo ie thr principal
\ fHre of rho wood sl0 I' con
-truc,ed ont Of long erooyed aves
and bound together with heavy iron
hoops about 5-N inch .u diameter.
-fwIl1r 20 en un-grorud wooden els
torn \ s'ove silo shou' poo p1t on
q good concrete founda' on. and a
series Of doors put in one side for
the purpose of removing The silage
The essential thing 20 remember In
putting doors in a silo Is 10 make
door that will IN the space l,ft for
Iit n % fits tight and close the
pressure o. the silage viii keen the
loor closed and exclude the air An
other important thing 20 remember
is 20 anchor tho silo vel Use si'
or eieht good anchor wires and faS
ten them off some distance from the
base An anchor wire -ru or some
distance has q cread deal more effec'
than .us r#r INTO tho ground a fes
feet from thc base when The silo Is
empty the hoons boz order 20 prevent
The slaves from becoming loose
when fho silo is -eflled tho hoops
should ta Ioosened slightly Unless
me hoops are loosened mp The stavei
will swell and break the hoops Of