The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-02

up the sales force of this company
The officials Of the company expect
to add to, this force in the near future.
The majority of these men are IN
Kansas.
The Feeders Club.
In addition to the fact that this
company manufactures silos a feeders
club has been organized among the
uscrs OF the metal silos made by the
company. A sterling silver loving cup
is offered the feeder making the best
record with not less than twenty head
so arranged that the winner can be
regarded as one Of the best, il not the
best feeder in the middle west. No
little interest is being taken in the
contest in a number OF states. This
contest closes April Is, 1911. 1t has
been proven that one and one-half
acres of fodder crops are required to
feed one head during q years time
under the old method Of feeding and
under the silo method the same
amount will feed four head for the
Same length of time.
To anyone interested in the eco
no-nical feeding Of stock this contest
Is well worth watching. 1t is one OF
the more important problems which is
confronting the modern farmer and
dairyman,
The Factory.
IL
are made is one Of the best equipped
in the middle west. The machinery
is all practically new and the entire
factory has been remodeled and reno
waited. There is one thing about this
factory which is seldom found at such
places. A building equipped with hot
and cold water, shower baths and a
change room has been equipped at the
plant for the men who work in the
factory.
The silo which is now manufactured
by this company was formerly con-
structed as a water tank. That is. the
inventor of the si1o formerly manu-
featured large tanks on the same
principle. From these tanks was con-
ceived the idea of a metal silo. AS a
result of this type Of construction the
silo is watertight and is, with the ex-
ccption Of the concrete base. made Of
steel. This base il four times as heavy
as the entire silo from the ground to
the top. The oldest metal silo now in
use is owned by A. C. Minear OF Kill
bourne. Iowa The largest one in the
state is owned by Frank D. Mossman
OF Paxico, Kansas, and is shown in
tbs above cut. Mr.. Mossman says that
this big silo. which has q capacity of
500 tons, has never spoiled a pound
Of feed. Truly. the Perfection COM
pany ought to be successful IL it
can make silo which will give this
brand OF satisfaction.
Every piece of metal put into q silo
Is tested by hand at the factory before
it is shipped. cThe foregoing may
sound like a promoters prospectus but
it is not.)
Favorable Reports.
Since the company has established
its factory in Topeka numerous favor
able reports have been made by those
who have Experimental with the silo.
There Il one Of these eilos in use at
each experiment station in Oklahoma
"A committee was recently sent to Toe
pelka from Page county, Iowa. to make
an Investigation AZ to these silos and
the members wrote out report and
sent it home that was indeed favorable
to the Topeka product
The question of economical feeding
il one Of the most important ones that
confronts the modern farmer and
farmers say that the sflo solves the
problem to a great extent.
O0lctnls. Of the company sAy they viii
|remaln h. Topeka and incroaoe tnodR.