The Lamar register., 1913-09-24
SHO DAY
draws q Good Audience aud Proves
An Interesting Occasion


Prof. Clement it proved to- be a
big success. Mr.. II. M. Bainer 0.
Amarillo. Texas. who is the silo
expert of the Santa Fe railroad
for the states of Texas. OKLAHOMA,
Kansas. Colorado. and New Me-
leo. was present and gave several
ing all questions asked OF him oy
the many people who are greatly
interested in this subject. Mr.. Balm
er Is thoroughly posted on the sub
ject and believes that the silO will
do more for this section OF the
west than any other one thing ard
he makes no exceptions. His talk
is in plain and convincing Ian
guage and will be understood thor
oughly by all who attend his meet
ings. He says Lamar has the big
gest thing in the Helvetia plant
that ever was brought to the Ar
kansas valley.
The meeting was held at the
Commercial Club rooms in the
morning and was we'll attended by
farmers of the vicinity who TOOK
great interest in the talk of Mr..
Banner and asked many questions
Of him which brought out much
valuable Information as to the best
silage crops and best methods Of
putting them In.
In the afternoon over twenty au-
to loads of farmers and business
men accompanied Mr.. BAiner aud
cisma9k out QItRs. A. KEN 6arm Y
witness the work Of fiIlfng tn6 Big
silo which that prosperous farmer
has just completed. Mr.. Kern's
ailo - 230 tons capacity being Is
feet In diameter inside measure and
40 feet In depth. three feet under
ground and 81 feet above. 1t il
constructed of concrete in forms.
and was put up by w. l.. Pollard.
1t cost about $500. Mr.. Kern was
busy filling 1t with indian corn
cut while the stalk is still green,
but the ears almost ripe. 1t was
running about Is tons to the acre
and one of the finest crops of corn
ever raised here. The corn was be-
ing run through a chopper. which
cut 1t In half inch chunks and was
elevated by a blower which hand
led 1t just about as fast as one
man could pitch 1t from a wagon
A TRACTION engine FURNISHED the
power. Mr.. Kern as always was
genial and pleased to stop the work
and let the whole crowd investigate
all the work and the silo; also
drove up a load of fodder to- make
4 platform from which Mr.. Bainer
could address the gathering on the
subject of silo construction. Mr..
Bainer said that while the differ
ent silos each had its advocates.
still any silo was better than no
silo at all. II he only had s25 he
would dig a pit silo and plaster it
up as it would be a big improve
ment on the old way of keeping
feed. Mr.. Kern's fine farm is an
evidence of the fact that he is an
energetic and intelligent farmer as
it has all been made in a few years
since he came to Lamar without
land and only his day labor to de-
pend on. 1t is of course to be ex-
pected that he would be one OF
the first to adopt the silo.
FROM Mr.. Kern's place most Of
the crowd went 20 E. j. Wagner's
fine home ranch where he is just
completing a new silo the same
size as the Kern one except three
feet more depth which will make 1t
about $50 tons capacity. 1t is con-
structed of steel lath frame work
plastered with cement. and Will
cost about $500. Mr.. Wagner will
I'LL his with a mixture OF indian
corn and cane. Mr. Wagner Is al
ways one of the leaders In farm
Improvement and has ordered a
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