The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-04-09
Special Arrives in City
of Mitchell Late this
Afternoon
THE OPEN AIR
Talks Given from Flat Car of
Milwaukee Train. Larsen
Speaks for Dairy Cow.

dairying projects were empha-izadI
afternoon by the speakers on the
special train being run by the Mil
waukee road over its system. The
reached Mitchell about A O'Clock
this afternoon and was Immediately
switched to the track at the foot of
Main street, by the new Hoon build
ing.
The road conditions in the coun-
try, as the result of the rain and now
of the past few days, made it impos-|
sible to secure the desired audience
from the rural districts. However,
many t~ownspeople gathered this al
ternoon to hear the doctrine of dairy
ing in South Dakota.
Many in Party.
In the party on the special train
we're w. f. Cody, of Mason City, Ia,
freight and passenger agent of the
l. and ID. division of the Milwaukee,
A. P. Ryger, secretary of the State
Dairymen's and Buttermakers' asso-
citation, c. Larsen, professor of ami
NAL husbandry at the state college
at Brookings, Manley Chapman, as
acknowledgements at the State col
lege, F. w. Merrill, of Fargo, N. d.,
Charles McCaffree, state immigration
commissioner, Henry Erdman, assist
ant dairy expert, w. p. Kirkwood,
country life editor of the Minneapolis
Journal, ii. M. Hardin OF the Dakota
Farmer, and Geo. A. Starring, agri-
cultural editor at the State college.
Secretary Ryger was the first
speaker to appear on the flat car
stating the purpose of the train and
introducing the speakers. Mr.. Merrill
was the first of the speakers, with
the subject, "Silos and %Silage.'
Mr.. Merrill Spoke.
wherever cattle are kept" sale
Mr.. Merrill, there should be a silo
Any dairyman or farmer who consid
ers the cost of feeding will be quiCl
to recognize the economy of silos anC
silage. / do not see a possibility o
his failing if he will surround him
self with a few dairy COWS and ere
a .silo. During the long winter month
the late springs and early falls TIL
silo will supply his stock with greer
food and keep up a steady flow O
milk. When drouth comes, causin:
his crops to wither and dry, the sill
will furnish a place o curing then
land feed for his live stock is there
by saved.
"a few advantages of a silo are cit
ed here to convince the 'waveriae
man to quick action, to begin to plal
for the erection of some kind of sil'
during the coming season and have j
ready for his corn crop this fall:
Advantages of Silage.
More food can be stored in a give
space in the form of silage than il
the form of fodder or hay. There i
more food value in crops cured a
silage than cured for fodder or hay
because there is no chance for th
feed to become sun-dried, and be
. cause of the s%ucculency and pala ia
| bility of the feed. More stock can b
kept in a given area Of land wlle
silage is the basis of the ration. Man
men of experience claim that a sill
will cut the cost of feeding right i
two. There is less waste in feedin
silage than in feeding fodder. Cor
stalks when converted into silage ar
all eaten, and thus the food valu
: of the entire crop is utilized. Silag
is one of the cheapest feeds known
1t costs only from $3.50 to $2.5
per ton to grow corn silage, house
and put in into the silo.
The Kind OF Silo.
> What kind of a silo shall
build?' is the question every ma
\ asks and must answer for himself
, There are fundamental things to bea
, in mind in making a decision. Siio
must be alright; silos must be stron
and durable; silos must be permar
ent; .silos should be easy to construct
silos should be cheap as possible, bu
consistent with good contraction.
- ITO the man who is just beginning
who has very little capital, and who's
farm is in the dry area, the pit sill
should appeal very strongly. Thes
have been constructed in variou
'parts of South Dakota and Montana
and wherever used have given spler
did satisfaction. They have severe
advantages in that they will not b
destroyed, are cheap, easy to cor
struct, silage will not freeze in then
and are within the reach of ever
mans purse. The pit silo is adapte
only to those sections of land where
in the water does not come With
f 80 feet of the surface.
e Concrete Silos Advisable.
{ 1.-The concrete silos built eithe
| with blocks, concrete slaves or soil
walls. are giving splendid service, an
are undoubtedly the most durable Q
t all silos. If men will build their own
there is no necessity of their bein
8 any more expensive than the variou
wooden types of silos.
sand and gravel are not Away
convenient and hence the woode
silo. Wooden silos should De strongl
reinforced with IRON rods and safel
anchored to some substantial build
ing to prevent their spreading apar
1 and blowing down. There is no reasol
why a good wooden silo should no
: stand twenty-five to thirty years
With the many types and forms avail
S able and the pit silo so easy to con
: s%truct, there is really no excuse 70
every farmer who is keeping liz