The Greeley tribune., 1912-02-08

Thai DANCED Carpenter bill, anyho"
We'll yes. | guess that's so Say i,
thought that WAS all right too' W.
when they made such russ o,e,
those two words immediate use
got kind OF ratified too. lho"sh.
Enew what immediate use OF water
meant when | had shovel on IN.
shoulder. But say | did not oare
TO look II up in the dictionar! sih..
that talk there for fear wouie s.,
buy-housed. Yes, you bet, that az
right too. Say. what you you .ninH
about that silo proposition wei
/ thought they put it pretty strohs, 5,
and that man Painter sure put !,
over pretty thick and l just wanted
tn tell him so. Oh, yes, guess
that's so. Say, Bill, got to STUDY.
ing on that thing and | just couidh
think of anything else. Well Una.
note for $500 come due so ! went
down to see Petrikin. Told him TINS
was first time / could not pay the
interest when note came due,
When | sold my hay and my seeu
potatoes might cut it. He said. NO"
Tom YOU got to change your plan
and quit raising so many spuos'
You,ve lost money on them now
three wears. Sure. ! said. once
more and / am goner' You soe @
lots of company he says. Yes, we
got to put in silo and milk COWS anu
feed stock. Here you haven't done
lick since you delivered your oee.s
and won't till April. ! nave 10
work twelve months year. iou
bet, says, just been STUDYING Una,
proposition for month. oh yes
he said, go ahead and build you
silo and raise some corn ana either
feed some stuff of put in cows. we
will help you
well, | went home and wrote to
John Smith. down in Kansas, ana
asked him how il was down there.
Told him heard they were milking
cows and doing fine down there
Told how things were here and we
were thinking about silos. say
Bill. come over some day and nave
dinner Bring Mary and kids along.
He sent me a bulletin on silos ana
silage feeding from the state univer-
sity. Gosh, bet you / read that
over about 40 times. Say it's great
dope sure. Yes, you bet. Johns mar
ried and got three kids. oh yes. he
married Sadie Miller. You bet, nice
girl and smart, too. Yes, he says
they are doing fine. Yes. everybody
got silo or two. He has two. Says
they built 1000 in the county last
year. You remember Sam Willett.
Well. you know he rented Jack All
bright's farm long before we left.
oh yes, Albright built a silo six or
seven years ago. Put in 80 cows
and barn. too. Yes. Sam got half.
Made all kinds of money. Then he
bought old Tom Ryan's place. You
that was called an awful
place. Sixty acres bottom, awful
heavy. Side hills part. only so acres
good land on place. Well, Sam got
COWS and now that bottom with ma
nure. is best land anywhere. Had
/ 90 bushels corn to acre this year,
dry as it was. Oh yes. says moneys
awful plentiful. Everybody milking
COWS, check every month, of feeding |
steers on ensilage and say, says
hogs are lots healthier now raised on
milk than corn and don't cost near
as much. Oh yes, bet your life.
Say. he says they raise three
hogs to every COW on sour skim milk
fUu Oulg Iccu Gov " oVV pouhAO VI
bran or barley meal, and hogs and
,alves bring about $40 a COW. But
.er about $50. Well l guess yes.
-ather milk cows after dark than be
As l have last two years. Carrie
says two more years like these
would put us in the bone yard. Oh
yes. John says never had such an
easy time in his life. Gets up a.
NJ. and milks. After breakfast feeds
hogs Gets out to work to $40.
Quits $3.50. gets chores all done by
s. After supper takes milk to town
in auto and often takes wife and
along. l guess SO. Says
he cleared $4,000 last year and got
it in bank You bet. l just about
lost that much. Say. remember Dave
oh yes, remember time
his father licked him SO because he
did not milk cows dry? Swore he
never would milk a COW when he
growed up. Well, guess he kept his
word. Oh yes. he married Grace
Long. Oh yes. mighty smart girl,
lots of get up. Well, he got one of
the old mans farms. Built silos and
went to feeding steers. Sam says he
cleared $4,000 last year on farm.
Yes. you bet he hires man to milk
yet. Oh yes, they've all got autos
down there. Oh yes, | am just bug
housed on this silo. Got the silo all
built and corn growing in my mind.
Say, | wrote that man Maris up
to Collins about building silo and
asked him to have Hinman send me
that pamphlet he is going to pub
lish. oh yes, l only had 25c and ]
was ashamed to put my name on the
envelope. Say fellow next to me
sealed envelope empty with name
and address and then wrote will pay
50 in March, when l sell my sheep.
Wonder If he will? ! might have
said on mine. Will pay when / sell
my hay But suppose l could not
sell it. Kind of afraid to make
promises after last three years ex-
perience. You bet your life. Carrie
says it's only question of silo or
a divorce. oh yes, says she'd rather
milk cows, skim calves or feed pigs
or die. than go through such an.
other siege. Sure come over and
| we will do sOme figuring on tbis