The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-10-14

dent OF the Dekalb Co. Soil Improve
ment Association and has given a good
deal Of time and energy towards il. 1t
Is largely through his efforts that the
county some four years go obtained
and still retain In their service a 81,
900 soil expert. This association. to-
gether with the experimental station
just south of town, must be IA wonder
full help to the farmers. Mr. Brandt
deals In pedigreed short horn cattle
and showed us a bunch of two year
old heifers that he said an offer of
$3.50 per head for the entire bunch
would hardly attract his attention.
Also showed us an Is months old bull
for which he paid 500 two months
ago. Through here the farmers feed
considerable portion of their crops
good stock, yet with all the feeding
the town has two elevators and there
seems to be an elevator at most cYc"y
siding along the railroad much as We
! find beet dumps in Colorado.
tine buildings on this farm surely
captured my heart a hog house cen
/ tanning 30 individual pens was all
concrete floor and up the sides about
/ three feet. The partitions were so
/ hinged frCm the ceiling that they
could all be swung up to the ceiling
| and hooked there entirely cut of the
way. throwing the entire building into
one room or in very few minutes as
many of these partitions as was wish
ed could be swung down into place.
Above was loft room for feed and
bedding combined corn crib and
granary eclipssd anything in this line
that ever saw. Was 36x7O feet and
is feet to the caves. - The bottom was
all concreteand every studding was set
in an iron socket embedded in the con-
crete so that a broken studding could
he removed and q new. Cne inscrtc :.
, when ever needed.
A driveway runs through the build
ing lcngthwise and the space o"cr
the drive way is devoted to grain bins,
the'r capacity totaling 10000 bushels
On either side CT the drive way clear
to the roof is the corn cribs. capacity
about 5000 bushels Of ear corn. About
the center of the building is a convey
or or elevator run by gasoline engine
that carries the grain to the top OF the
building ard from there to any bin or
portion CT acri5 desired. One simply
starts the engine GamD5 his load ana
ii is Le,. ;ercl lust where he wishes IL.
To empty TIE bins you simply drive
under them Full the lever and gravity
does the rest. The cribs are so ar
ranged that the corn can be removed
at any point alcng the side OF tie
building and shorelcd right into the
| she!ler of the wagon to be taken to
,l.e feed lots. There is now in the
b;,iIding about 5000 bushels oats and
| 5000 bushels CT corn. AT present
prices | thought that was some at
least. This building cost only S2IOo
| OF course most any of us could have
one just like it
! There are two concrete silos in
connection with the barns, each lax
/ 45 feet, holding together abcu; jSo
| tons of insilage and a third one to
/ he added soon. Every fence on this
! 300 acre farm. both line and diViS-
/ ion, is woven wire hog tight, horse
I high and bull strong made from No.
Q galvanized wire When speaking
of TIE value OF this land Mir. Brandt
said that he would not consider an
offer of S325 per acre.
am quite anxious to visit one Oh
the f.llwood farms before ieav.iS
here.
Victor township il the Southeastern
mart OF the county, cooperating w!tR
the soil improvement associated
holds an annual meeting or picnic
for educational purposes. This year ;
meet was last Friday and | attended
Senator Sherman and ex-speaker oi
1ha House Atkinson were both on the
program. A local speaker mentioned
how a certain farm in the iota!hy
that had never been known to produce
crop of corn that averaged over ~
bushels per acre, had through the ell
forts of this soil expert been Msae
10 nroduce - bushels per acre. Sen
ator Sherman told how similar re-
suits. though not so marked, ha" nesh
obtained with other crops IN S'"'"-
EASTERN Illinois Also how IN ss!h--
canon County. one ol the MS! 'o"'-
lies in farm products value the aF-