Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-09-08
THE S|LO ON
FARMS OF TEXAS
Mere Than 1850 In Use and Five
Thousand More Have Been
Ordered.

Fort Worth. Tex. Sept S.-The silo
in Texas promises 10 be AZ important
factor IN agriculture as the plow.
and the present rapid construction Of
the siio indicates that II viii soon be
ls common on the farm.
On September !. 1914. there we're
$3.50 silos on the farms o, Texas. and
their original cost was si,520,o0O, &C.
oording to data Just complied By the
Texas Business Mems Association
Nearly two-thirds OF the silos In Texas
have been built during the past year
and their construction is one Of the
most important events ever recorded
IN the history o. Texas agriculture
The movement seems to be just well
under way. as $500 more have been
ordered from manufacturers and viii
be put up In Texas before the close Of
the present year. Fifteen silos have
been built on Texas farms every day
during the past twelve months. and
present indications are that this
record viii be greatly exceeded during
the remainder Of 1914.
First Accurate Figures.
Never before has a complete census
Of the number Of silos in Texas been
made and no absolutely accurate data
Of the number is available as the United
States Census Bureau has never
, enumerated silos In making its decen-
NAL estimates Of farms and farm con
ditions In this State. The absence OF
reliable information and the import.
! ance OF the economic changes which
: are 20 follow the general use Of silage
in meat production and live stock
raising prompted the statistical bu'
D reau OF the Texas Business Mems As
b sociation 10 make an exhaustive inves
n tigation and its conclusions are pre-
p scented with full confidence in their
r accuracy. In compiling the data de
tailed. reports we're received from ten
Texas silo companies. eighty-foui
q United States demonstration agents
a 1s7 commercial organizations and M
ty-seven Farmers Union locals In
q Texas. and the investigation included
II practically every county in the State
From these reports the conservative
estimate Of $3.50 was made for th'
u entire State. and this figure has beer
II verified by many persons connected
q. with the industry and familiar Wit
m the use OF the silo in this State.
Average Capacity Increasing.
Every kind OF silo IN existence &
10 in use in Texas The pit or under
6. ground silo predominates in the Pan
10 handle, and those OF cement and WOO
construction are popular in all othe
parts of the State. There are ten fac
" tories in Texas that manufacture silos
"a and an equal number OF foreign CON
panies have agencies here.
From the reports furnished II is az
N parent that the size OF the silos nov
II being constructed are much large
than those previously built. The az
erage capacity OF the Texas silo at IN
hi present time is 100 tons; a year az
II was 100 tons, and the capacity Q
those to be built during the presen
year will average around 40 toni
Brown County has the largest silo 1
the State. Its capacity is 500 tom
The cotton silo is the smallest in con
10 mercial use in Texas and there are
number Of this size in the State.
rs The First silo.
II When and where the first silo wa
built in the world is not matter {
as record. However, its use is as old a
es agriculture iself and frequent mentio
is made Of the silo in the Bible. 1t
'n' claimed that the first silo ever bui
ro in. the United States was in Michiga
Va in 1875; the first one to be construc
he ed in Texas is said to be in 1895.
was built by German farmer in Sa
ire Saba County.
m There are more silos in South Texi
TO than any other section OF the Stat
the total number being around $3.50
ed In the Panhandle there are 1900. tt
by stock raising sections OF West Tex
err are well supplied with these storag
est and the number in North and Ea
Texas is rapidly increasing. Brazor
re- has more silos than any other Tex
re- county. the total number being 2!
I'VE or this number 242 are within a !
Inc dius OF seven miles Of Alvin, one
The the leading dairy centers of the Stat
II all the silos in Texas could
ley stacked on top Of each other tn
ard would extend in the air for distan
to Of sixty-four miles and would be 4
ent times as high as the tallest skyscrap
'ns in the United States.
A Proved Success In Texas.
the Although the silo is one Of the olde