Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-03-06
j HLcta Ieasle punran.

Dist No. 81. CLERK. Ernest Jesse
Mexico, G. H. Throckmorton, r.
K. Dean, John Kano
Dist. No. s2-Clerk. Hiram Threl-
.kald. Mexico; A B. weidler.
Dist. No. ss-Clerk. Rothwen Crew.
Mexico. R. 2; Thomas crum. D. T.
Hickman.
Dist No. s4-cle-k. C. o. Black,
Mexico, c. NJ. Shut. ]. L. Bra
shears.
Dist No. s5-clerk. s. c. Groves
Mexico. R. 1; N. F. Moore. G. II.
Brown, ]. Y Horton.
Dist. No s6-clerk, ]. e. Sims
Thompson; ]. o. Sims, V. c. Nc
cowan. s. p. Loren.
Dist. No. 9s-Clerk. VIM. offutt,
Mexico, R. i; ]. NJ. Sims. B. A.
Brown. N. C. MCGOWAN.
Dist. No. ss-Clerk. c Flynt
.centraiia, r. /; ]. A. White. NJ l..
Sits, Wesley Wright.
THE sILo.
fBy st. Clair Emmons).
The sllo Is not an experiment II
has been the dalryman's profit for
years. 1t Is now an absolute nee
cessity on every well-regulated beef
plant in tho corn belt. II is no long
or the plaything OF the rich, but a
mortgage-lifter. the New Hope, the
ONLY sure interest-maker on this
high.priced land. The ONLY labor
saving device that will subtract 40
per cent IN the cost of labor, and adj
so per cent IA conservative estim
ate) to the value Of standing corn,
canned summertime"-what an mp
propriate name. A savory and laxa-
tive feed for all live stock Best
for cattle and sheep. Good fol-
horses and hogs.
Every day the cattle pens in ST
LOUIS and Kansas City are filled will
farmers looking for cows and heifers.
Many come but few go away with
cattle. What's the solution, We
must raise cattle. The same farmer
that is buying these heifers will also
buy a silo. That 40 acres that
supported 20 COWS and calves on dry
corn fodder will next year support 40
with greater ease and less la
Dor. No corn stalk impac'
ton. no death from bloat, just ever
lasting Blue Grass, and while we
look with hope and expectation to
some sure cure for the plague that
year after year wipes out our hogs,
we must live. Let us then adopt
the silo system; save our cor stalks
grow our cattle, and build UP our
land.
Summer Care Of a Silo.
Don't think that because a silo
in Kansas or Illinois, or even closer,
fell down. yours will. with proper
care, it will stand almost any wind,
When the silo is empty, take two
2x1e's; let them lap in the middle;
let the ends touch the sllo on each
side; spike the boards together and
spike ct right angles with the 9th
ers in the shape Of a cross
This will keep your silo from
pushing in. Place wooden wedges
between the pins on the foundation
and the silo, Keep these tight. A
little axle grease will keep the thread
on the turn buckles from rusting.
A loose guy wire is a dangerous
thing Keep your hoops tight. This
win have to be done 8 or 4 times
the first summer, but as the wood
shrinks It will be less trouble the
following years.
The Location Of a Sllo.
Don't sacrifice the location OF
your silo to baautify your farm A
silo standing out by itself may
look lonesome. but 1t may be so
yards handler to the feed lots.
Fifty yards twice a day for one hun
dred days Is quite a waste OF
time have often had a man say:
We'll, when | get my new barn built,
| will build a silo at the end;
won't that look finer" Build your
silo first; cattle need good feed
worse than barn room, and good
beef steak is getting scarcer every
day.
A silo win soon pay for itself. A
barn will hardly pay Interest on in
yestment. One hundred tons of
good feed out to itself is less liable
to catch fire than standing beside a
barn. The silage will blow less
emptied from the silo facing
east as the northwest, west and
southwest winds are strongest.