Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1913-07-10
listen to his story. He has pos
sibly solved great economic
problem. During the thirty yea,s


problem. During the thirty yeals
that many Of us have been in
South Dakota she has proven her
self true to the stockman and
where ever tried she has been
true to the dairyman.
l come to you this afternoon
with a plea for the silo. for | be-
licve that it will solve some-vea
many-of the financial and eco
nomic problems confronting us.
believe that right here within
few miles of the center of
the North American continent in
the valley Of the Sioux or over
in the valley of the Jim" or of
the Missouri or on the hills of tn
COtean or in that trans Missouri
country there can be established
permanent industry that will
add fertility to an already fer
tile soil, that will bring pros
perity and contentmcnt to a
dense population and will work
out on the trestle board Of life
the plan of the great Architect
of the Universe
have had some experience am,
have made observations but am
not going to inflict upon you my
personal views to the exclusion
OF others, l am going to put
witnesses on the stand to testify
as to the reputation of the silo-
whether good or bad. In doing
so will take men of intelligence
and standing in their respective
communities, authorities on the
problems Of the farm, men who
have made Il success of their own
business and whose words carry
weight. Whose field Of operation
has been right in our territor,
or in sections similarly situated.
In asking for these testimonials /
said, II am endeavoring to
present the matter in an authora-
tive manner. What | want a,a
facts not fancies. want informa
tiOn whether good or bad but
first of all reliable
| will call to the stand Mr..
William NJ. Smith, president of
the Mitchell National bank of
Mitchell to testify. lie answers
as follows:
Mitchell, s. d., May 23, 1913
MIR. j. w. Parmley, Ipswich,
5. Dear Sir: 1t affords me
pleasure to reply to your letter
Of the 21st inst, and tell you
what my experience has been in
the use of the silO.
| am satisfied they are one of
the best improvements farm.l
can make and l hope to see every
farmer in South Dakota have one
or more silos. | have six silos
on different farms and have us.
ed three Of them for two years
| have used ensilage in feeding
stock cattle and fattening steers.
On the farm rented to w. r.
Clark / have two hundred ton
silo. The first year the corn wa;
not quite 80 good and it took
twenty-five acres Of corn to fill it.
The second year the corn was
planted with view to ensilage
and about eighteen acres filled
the silo. The first year we win
tered one hundred head of cattle
consisting of yearlings and two
year 0lds and about fifteen cows
and heifers. We fed it to cattle,
hogs and horses, in fact anything
will eat it. From our experience
can conservatively say that a
two hundred ton silO will feed
one hundred head Of cattle for
one hundred days all they will
eat and keep them in first class
condition. To estimate the value
Of this ensilage compared with
the amount of hay it would take
70 keep cattle that length Of time
and ct the prevailing price Of
hay, You will readily see that
ensilage Is worth $4,000 or more
.ioes not cost any mere I,