Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1915-09-23
S|L0 DEMONSTRATION
4 DECIDED SUCCESS

d curate account of the cost of Il
= silos, which we give for Il
o benefit of those who contempla
d digging pit silos in the near fl
8 ture. These two are sixtee
: feet in diameter and forty fes
: deep, with a capacity of on
g hundred and eighty tons eacf
Those who saw the immens
e holes, need no proof that there
l be sufficient feed cured on tn
! Milbourn farms to winter tn
? stock. The itemized statemen
of cost is:
Explosives, caps and fuse $36 6:
Hired help, 119.0'
, Cement, 43.6'
Hauling sand, 24.O(
Hauling cement, 6.O(
Labor, home force, 1876, Il
Boarding of laborers, 101.0(
Total, 466. 81
1t will be noticed that the
above includes regular wages
for all labor connected with the
building of the silos, and the
actual cost per ton capacity is
$1.3O, or twenty cents less than
the average cost ss gathered by
government authorities. The
cash outlay outside of that for
labor is only 5000 for the two
silos. When it is considered that
this labor can be done at seasons
when other farm work is not
rushing, and that farmers can
exchange work in doing it, the
building of silos is certainly
within the reach of all. With
out doubt the coming year will
see a large number of silos built
in the Estancia valley.
SPLENDID CROPS OF ALL KINDS
The crops on the Milbourn
farms are certainly a pleasant
sight to see. We did not get all
over the farm, but we did see
some things, In the corn fields,
we asked Illinois and Iowa farm
ers, what they thought the yield
of corn would be per acre. None
estimated less than forty and
some as high as sixty bushels
per acre. And there is an i'm
mense acreage, too. Then we
passed through big fields of milo
maize and kafir corn, and a
great meadow where the nay
was piled in shocks curing,
ready for stacking or baling.
On to the southwest we found
some ten acres of Sudan grass,
which defies description. Our
stock of adjectives gave out be-
fore we had gotten this far. We
tried to reach the tops of the
stalks, but found we had stopped
growing too soon to do so. We
have never seen the African
Jungles. but for want of better
name we called this Sudan grass
field the "Jungles of Africa"
There are tons and tons of this
feed on the ten acres. Just for
fear someone might say we were
stretching the truth too far, we
pulled one stalk and brought it
in with US, which may be seen
at the office.
ONE THING TO REMEMBER
Just before leaving for town,
another farmer of that vicinity |
said to US: Now remember, Mr.. |
News Herald, Mr.. Milbourn has
some great crops here, but he is
not the only one. You will have
to take a trip through this part |
of the valley to see the rest, and
we can duplicate this many |
times. Don't forget to tell the
people that. too
That the Silo Demonstration |
yesterday proved so successful
was due in large measure to the
hearty cooperation of both farm
ers and businessmen throughout |
the county, and to each and
everyone who assisted, whether
by word or deed, desire to ex-
press my sincere gratitude for |
your assistance. 1t is a pleasure
to work with such cooperation
as was given in this matter. II
hope that the seed sown at this
time will result in scores of silos
being installed before another
harvest time rolls around.
Yours for greater Torrance
County,
Roland Harwell,
County Agent.
Frank Hubbell, Jr., was over
from Albuquerque yesterday,
taking in the Silo Demonstration.
He came as a personal repre-
sentative of his father, Don