The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1914-03-13
STRONG DEFENSE or
the WOODEN SILO
W. p. Kincsid Refers to Many Users
OF That Type Who Have
Gotten Splendid Results
Stanford, Ky, March u
Editor Interior Journal,


E to say the least. is Misleading and, i
view OF the fact that your valuable pap
er has wide circulation among PEG
I pie IN whom ! am interested, and il
whose welfare feel sure that you ar
also interested ask that YOU give thi
article the same prominence that got
gave the other ! do not wish for on,
moment to cast any reflections what
ever upon your valued Hustonville cor
respondent, ! know him well, ant
know that he would not INTENTIONAL,
make statement that would be injur
ious to any one, but, a. stated above
his ar'icle--wholly unintentional upor
his part-conveys the wrong impress
sion, and is therefore. misleading The
article referred To. tells of Mr.. J. n
Baughman, of the West End, having
los, several head OF mules, supposed ia
have died from eating ensilagc. and
thal it was because of the fact that en-
silage had been cured in a wooden silo.
As soon as read this article went
70 see MIR Baughman--who. by the way,
is one Of Lincoln's most extensive. and
most successful farmers, as well as a
vety truthful and clever gentleman
and asked him concerning the article
! above mentioned Here is his reply in
his own words:
1T is true that have lost seven
mules ] suppose mark YOU, he said
suppose from eating ensilage. 1t
Is also true that this ensilage came out
II wooden silo. but do not for one
minute attribute the death OF my mules
To the fact that this ensilage came out
OF 4 wooden silo. The idea is ridicu-
lous-more bosh. ] have had my wood
en- Silo for wears and this-is the first
trouble that ] have ever had with it,
and i is all right. | feel sure that my
trouble was due to one OF three things
First, ] may have fed them too much,
gave them all that they would eat
second it. may have been caused from
smut on the corn, but ! am inclined
10 believe that it was due to the fact
that the ensilage was frozen hard when
fed To- the mules. My neighbor, I. Car
peutcr, has been all winter. and is vet
feeding his horses, mules, broodmares
and all. out Of an Indiana Silo. and
aas So lar had no bad results"
A q. L.. NJ
man. have gone to see other sue
ccssful farmers in Lincoln. Boyle and
Garrdrd who are using wooden silos.
and without a single exception they all
express themselves as being highly
pleased with them. Mr. \. r. Hundlcy.
Of Boyle county, who is using both
concrete and Indiana Stave silos. says
that few years ago that he lost sew.
cral mules and horses from being fed |
ensilage out OF concrete siio. Several
farmers in adjoining counties as well |
as in Lincoln. have lost horses and !
mules the past few weeks by the doz-
en- that have not been fed ensilage at |
all, the vctcrinaries say, poisoned from
smut on fodder DIR Hugh Reid, near
Stanford, lost four mules and one horse |
:hi' present week from eating stalk
fodder At least, the State Netcrinar-
ian said that il that was not the cause,
that ne could not account for il. |
In addition 10 this ! will say that
during the year 1918 sold and de-
livered 81 Indiana Silos, q of this
number. sold To men who already had
Indiana Silos Many of them had used
them Tor years and not one OF them
but who is perfectly satisfied ! have
not been out oi day this year, but
have SO far sold three for this years
delivery, two OF them to men whom !
sold to last year, who are buying their
second silo and one to a man who had
The misfortune lose his barn and silo
by fire few months ago, and he I'M
called to see me and order
ed another Indiana.
Out on the Danville pike few miles
from Stanford lives clever Big Jake
Robinson. admitted by all who know
aim, 10 be one OF Lincoln county's most
successful farmers. one of its largest
/ not the largest. cattle and mule feed
,rs. one OF its tirelesS and most ener-
yetic experimenters, as well as one OF
Is shrewdest business men. Mr. Rob
J. son has on his large farm two large
concrete silos. which he had had tor
,ome years At the Danyille fair in
9l5. | persuaded him to buy an lndi- |
ma Silo, and asked him to give II
borough test and then tell me what he
bought OF it.
Since reading the above mentioned
irticle, ] met Mr. Robinson and said
How about your Indiana Silo" His
.eply was: ut is ideal; perfect; !
ould not be better pleased. sent a
ample OF the ensilage ont OF II 10 the
agricultural Experiment Station at ;
lexington and had il snylized and
heir report was. that the ensilage was
,erfect aud one OF the best samples that
lad ever been submitted there"
On am adjoining farm to Mr. Robin
on. live the Alexander brothers, who
ave four Indiana silos. Anyone inter
stcd ak them what they think of
hem. A few miles further ON is Mr..
Richard Cobb, a very successful farm
y and cattle feeder Of Boyle county.
Mr. Cobb has ON his farm two large
oncrete silos built several years ago
IN 1918 he also bought two lndisnas.