American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-07-29

and the problem which naturally con-
fronted him was n of how to make
this land produce quickly and to pro-
duce at an operating profit. He had
given the question of soilage crops
much study and felt that now was his
golden opportunity to try his theories
out to the limit. The outlook was
anything but a cheerful one, but Stin-
SOL is an optimist of undaunted faith
and he believed that he could win In
spite of all difficulties presenting
themselves. The story of his success
we will give you later in actual figures.
Late in the summer of 1912 he got
ready to build his silo and securing
the help of a neighbor in addition to
his w son they completed the erec-
ton of a fifty ton concrete silo. BY
the time the silo was completed the
corn was at the proper stage to go in
the silo and was in fact so far ad-
vanced that it would not stand de-
lay i'm handling it. The question OF
an ensilage cutter and blowing
equipment then came up and Brother
Stinson through lack of funds found
himself unable to purchase the re-
quired machinery. However there
was in the neighborhood a feed cut,
ter large enough to handle the corn
and this was hurriedly secured. The
fodder was run through the feed cutter
and the ensilage scooped into the silo.
The men filling it to capacity by erect
ing a succession of platforms and
shoveling it from one up to the next.
1t was a crude and difficult way to
fill a silo but it won out. The ensilage
thus cut and stored went through it's
proper stage of fermenting and Mr..
Stinson says he has never had any
better ensilage In his silo at any time.
That year a well kept herd book
record showed that he produced his
cream at a cost of IL cents. The sec
ond year Stinson was very busily en-
gagged in the campaign of organizing
the Nampa Cooperative Creamery as
ISOLATION and many times was not at
home at the regular time for feeding
his cows. His book for that year
showed that it cost him 10 cents to
| produce his cream and he is convinced
that the irregular feeding and handl-
ing of the herd was responsible for
this increased cost.
There are no frills about Stinson's
equipment, his dairy barn is plainly
built but is a model of efficiency, and
is SO designed that there is scarcely
a foot of space wasted. The barn is
built in the shape of an L, the silo
standing at the orne of the l. both
wings being of equal length. The
roof and building is extended to in
close the half of the silo in which are
the doors. This gives him a room
about eight feet square which has a
concrete floor. A door opens into
each angle of the barn and the walk
way and feeding trough are all con-
crete. The feeding trough or gutter
is twenty four inches wide and abou.
eight inches deep at the center. An
iron w~heelbarrow and shove com
plete the equipment m with the en-
silage once shoveled from the Hlo into
Tie SINAI lOoln II 10 Dut a uldtttI vi Il
very few minutes work to feed the en-
tire herd. Stinson has fed during the
past year from this silo twenty-five
head of COWS and heifers, two horses
and a few hogs. The silo was filled
late in September and on the first of
May there was still four feet of rich
juicy feed remaining. In his nov was
also enough alfalfa hay to run him
until the first cutting of the new crop
was ready.
Has His Work Organized.
The secret of Stinson's success is
defined by two words, system and or
ganization. His system is what we
' have told you already. Organization
in handling his work has made tina,
system a success. and as far as II Is
possible to go his dairy barns art
rivals of "Spotless Town." A water
igit manure boat with a metal bot
tom IN T. is used for cleaning these
stables which is the first thing done
nor 'y The manure Is nol
thrown into heaps and allowed to lie
EFH tlNi ldlhs NoSAibE lE
value away, but goes direct from the
stalls to the field. The value of this
kind of handling we have shown you
by the rapidity with WHICH his crons
sprout and grow. Each angle of the
work on this model farm is taken up
and handled at the exact time II be-
comes due I'm the daily rorfiIe an:
'hus no task is allowed TO become irk-
some. to be a bugbear dreaded BY
every person on the farm. The result
is that from border 70 border the work
is always done and the farm presents
an appearance of thrift and industry.
Net Results Of Stinson's Work.
II would not be quite possible for
us TO put before you the entire net
results of this crazy mans efforts. A
part we can give you in figures but
he value OF measured success. the
value of the ~contented home and he
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