The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-07-08
Little Journeys to Local Industrial
Plants By Herald Reporter.

kaloOsa.) '' ,".tr }.E-
Necessity has always been the
mother of invention, and the old adj
age was never truer than in matters
applying directly to the life and work
of the, farmer 1t has also been
stated that about 40 per cent of the
corn crop has proved a total waste,
because of insufficient and improper
methods OF caring for the ensilage
| and consequently losing the nutri'
tioHs value of the stalk as a feed.
ing base Necessity has tried to
solve this waste problem and the
wooden siio was originated, but after
trial and the onward march of in.
Evention has I'm recent years brought
forward the cement silo and this is
now taking the place of wood, with
unqualified success,
| Early I'M the stage of the develop
ment of the cement silO, the Cald
we'll Silo Co., was organized and has
since been an active force in the
manufacture of these goods. Early
in the year 1913, the company open
ed up for business in the old Whip
| pie Egg House on South Market
|
road and gradually worked its way
| into the business activities of Oskas
loosa. 1.-The company began business
as the Qskaloosa Cement StaVe Man!
lufacturing Co., and thetbusiness was
Econtinued under this name until 1915,
when Warren Caldwell assumed act
live control and changed the name
Jas indicated above. and from small
origin, the work of the company has
grown to large proportions, '"' p
The company make their silos un.
der the Playford patents and their
territory covers some ten counties
in Southeastern Iowa and although
a little over two years have passed,
they have their silos on practically
200 farms I'M Mahaska. Wapello, Keo-
kuk and Monroe counties, old Mahas.
ka having by far the larger proper
Ition. = The company employs from If
teen to thirty-fve. men during the
/ course of the year and the yearly
output for labor will rrun over $l0,,
900 Aside from this there is a sales
force of three .@men and the office
expenses, as well as Mr.. CaldwelPs
personal account, to be considered as
extra -. '.,5a''~ - s"'.' p g.. ''3 ~ q
A large proportion of their goods
are! made daring the fall, winter and
spring and the company makes a spe-
Icial point of carrying a large force
during the winter months when 9th.
Ief I manufacturers" are naturally, cut
ting down their force, these people
tare. in the midst Of their busy. sea,
son. ~ This arrangement gives the
manufactured cement stave or other
i product a. chance TO dry out and
E''eure,R as well as to gain a large
stock ahead for the market at the
Eopening nof the spring and summer
kseason ana it is during this time
that the outside work of erection
and installation is largely done.
Three erection gangs are now in the
field and the present output Is about
four silos a week This force will
soon be increased so that the sales
and installations will average about
one silo each working day, or about
three hundred per year.
l. An interesting feature of the silo
stave is that its general formation
lis like O book, one side being con-
leave and the other convex, so that
Ethe one snugly hts into the other
The size of the stave' is 80 inches
Hong, 10 inches wide and 2h inches
thick. In the making of these slaves
water proofing material is used and
the interior OF the silo is thorough
lily waterproOfed again, with a spe
lcial preparation after it is in posi-
ton. AS the various courses are
built up they are solidly bound to
gether by round steel hoops and
patent lugs which hold them perma
lnently IN place. Thurs we have a
! product that is absolutely indestruct
ibIe and added to this it is thor
: ioughly sanitary and healthful. ",' Z
Z While the silo is naturally the
Heading product of manufacture, they
lalso make water tanks, standpipes
lculyerts, well curbs and building
blocks and considering the fact that
they are perhaps the youngest man
Iufacturing company in Oskaioosa in
1point of years. their progress and'the
lextent of their s1les and installations
has indeed been remarkable Their
success further illustrates the rapid
Iity with which the average farmer
lw1ll grasp what he is convinced is
la good thing for the advancement OF
This interests as q twentieth century
farmer. 70
This in itself means a good deal
with our modern scientific way OF
doing things. Ii is this economic
principal that has made our large
beef packers rich and when we learn
how to economic the waste mater.
ial of the farm. as they do the
waste material of the cattle they Hill.
then the farmer can be rich as we'll
las, they. In order to further dem.
Ionstrate their usefulness TO the in
Iterests of the farmer the Caldwell
Silo Company, are arranging to in.
Icrease their capital and expand their
business interests and increase the
Effectiveness OF the organization.
that has been now SO we'll started
and which promises so much for a
bright outlook in business activity.
n