Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-07-02
Silo Essential to Development
Of North Dakota Liue Stock
forage. and when all the crops grown
on the farm are sold, and not fed, the
land eventually becomes depleted.

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| on the farm are sold, and not fed. the
land eventually becomes depleted,
Essential to the Northwest
There is perhaps no region where
the silo will prove more valuable than
on the northern edge Of the Corn
Belt There is no question but that
this region will, in the near future.
KEEP great many more cattle. The
long winters make it necessary to
preserve a large amount of feed in a
convenient form, for carrying the cat
tie through the winter months.
From our experience on the !. H. c.
farms during the past three winters,
we are satisfied that the corn put in
the silo and fed out, will give us
from two to four times as much feed
as if fed dry fodder. We also find
that a small amount OF silage will
keep the stock in good shape, and
with straw or other course poughage,
they will come through in good, thrift
ty condition. For these reasons the
silo is essential to this region.
1t is really not question OF Wheth.
er a man with Is or 20 head of cattle
TO winter can afford silo or not
The facts are that he cannot afford
to be without one. There Is no ques.
ton but that within a very few years
the silo will be part Of the farm
improvements on every farm. Many
farmers who have had experience
with silo say that they are satisfied
that they lost the cost of a silo every
year that they did no have one. That
is, they have found it essential, to
grow a cultivated crop, and there is
no crop that will take the place Of
corn in the rotation for this purpose.
1t is also true that in order to get
the full value out Of the corn crop
it must be fed to livestock, and that
with the silo for putting this corn in
to, there is enough added profit every
year to practically pay for the silo
used.
Not New Invention
The use of the silo for preserving
all kinds Of crops for cattle feeding
is not new. The principle of the silo
has been in use by the Old World
Farmers for more than one hundred
years. They used mostly a pit vari
ETY., that is, holes or trenches dug in
the ground and plastered. In these,
the tops Of beets and other course
parts Of plants were packed for win
ter feeding. In this country the real
use of the silo was not begun forty
or fifty years ago, but since that time
Their has been very rapid increase
in the use of this method Of saving
feed. It's development has shown that
it means almost as much to the cat
tie feeder as does improved machin-
cry to the grain farmers. ..,
What .Silaoe 10 ...... ..:..
The silo is nothing more nor less
than the fruit can or kraut barrel on
a large scale, and silage is the ma.
terial preserved in the silo. They
may be entirely below the ground, or
entirely above the ground, or COM
bination; that is, partly In the ground
and partly above. D.. w.. ...t
AS stated above, the first silos we're
constructed entirely below the ground.
It makes absolutely no difference as
to where or how the silo Is built, pro-
viding it has certain features which
are essential. 49,. .a...
The silo must be air tight. The
sil0 must be built of some material
which is durable and preferably which
does not conduct heat readily. It is
also desirable that the silo should be
economically constructed.
The object Of the silo is to preserve
in a succulent, green form, any feed
which is available, and which can be
chopped fine or packed closely in the
silo. If the silo is properly construct
ed, and the feed put in it is properly