The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-08-27

"A silo on every farm" IS the slo-
gan Of II. NJ. cottrell agricultural
commissioner Tor the Rock Island who
has had many years Of practical ex-
perience as q farmer ana stockman in
a dry country.
= have made careful observation Of
the corn and other feed crops in Grady
county said Mt Cottrell, and have
seen none that cannot Be saved BY
being placed in q silo. have made
good sIlage out Of corn that burned up
before the ears were formed In my
opinion, Grady county has twice The
amount Of feed that win De required
b. the stock now on hand. provided
T. IS placed IN silos, have been
through drouths as bad as this one IN
Kansas, and ! did # with silos. The
thing to 90 IS TO save every pound 81
feed and It can be done by building
silos right now The more expensive
silo IS preferred BY most farmers but
eit silo win answer every purpose,
Spec al Arrives.
The long looked for. much heralded
Roek Island "slo Special" arrly9a as
per schedule yesterday evening and
was greeted by large crowd, not all
OF whom were curiosity seekers. as
was evidenced by the close attention
70 the speakers and the numerous
questions with witch II. N. Cottrell
WAS Piled after iae conclusion Of hts
speech.
As the special orawled in through
the yards In the rear Of the FREELY
it bore a strong resemblance 70 some
brand Of circus organization and was
swamped by the crowd even before it
was set on the main line rear the
passenger station One section Of the
special, including diners and sleeping
cars, had been set Off here IN the after.
noon, the real business section consist
ing Of several flat cars upon which
is exploited every conceivable brand
Of silo and a machine for the choppiug
OF the silage before it is put into the
big can" Fifteen different makes Of
silos were on display each one guar
anteed to be better than the other
fourteen"
Canning Demonstration.
While II. NJ. cottrell was talking
silos to the men. Mr and Mrs. r. ri
Jeffords on another car we're giving /
canning demonstrations. explaining to
the ladies' the latest and best methods
Of canning fruits and vegetables.
Ar. cotlrell spoke in substance, as
follows.
cottrelps Talk.
slage making is simply canning /
on a large scale. The housekeeper
puts food for her family into a quart
receptacle of glass or tin. follows Ger.
tain rules and the canned fruit keeps
for months or for years until she wants /
to use it. The stockman puts feed
into a larger receptacle. called a silo /
and on a larger scale and in coarser
way gives il the same treatment that I
his wife does the fruit. The feed keeps
for months or years until wanted lnE
every step in silage making Che prin-
ciples are the same as those in can
ming.
The silo must be air tight and must
be kept air tight on the bottom and
sides, and the top Of the silo must be
sealed air tight The bottom Of the |
silo must be air tight at ali times.
This requires that the silo must be
located on dry ground. II the ground
is 'seepy' whore a silo is built air viii
pass through itglhto tic silo through |
the same passagas tliat carry the wa.
ter IN some districts rats are num-
erous and will often buIrow under the
allo'walls and up into the silage rhcir
runyays carry air sometimes IN srf-
helent quantity to rot half the e-n
tents Of the silo Where there Is the
danger, special precautions must be
taken with the bottom and foundation
OF the sllo Sometimes thick bottom
Of concrete and thick plastering or
cement on the lower walls wlIi keen
ont the rats On some farms the rats