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than three to five years away. 1t is
needless to say that I am an advo-
cate of permanent silos.
From the very nature of things, it
is certain that a silo made of wood
cannot be durable or permanent.
Furthermore, it cannot be questioned
that a permanent silo is especially
desirable from an economic stand
point. In view of the enormous
amount of money that is being ex-
pended for silos every year, it is but
the part of good business Judgment to
seek something more lasting and dur
able than wood.
Within year l met a man living
less than thirty miles from Spring.
field, ILL.,, who informed me that he
had built a wood stave silo. He
further added that in Investigating
the matter he had made up his mind
to build a tile silo, but that an agent
for a wooden silo' came to him and
showed him bulletin from the ex-
perimental station of Storrs, Conn.,,
in which it was plainly stated that
silage did not keep we'll in masonry
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;silo-facts which the manufacturer of
tile or brick silos should know.

Esilo-facts which the manufacturer of
tile or brick silos should know.
Silos have been in use and fully
tried and tested in this country for
more than third of century. The
economy and value of the silo has
been so thoroughly demonstrated in
recent years, and it's use so widely
extended, that farmers are now more
easily convinced of their utility than
formerly, and can erect one without
having their sanity called in question.
The educational and demonstration
work which will eventually lead to
the general use Of the silo, has al
ready largely been done.
The time is coming and not very
far when the unquestioned economy
and absolute necessity for the silo will
be forced upon the attention of every
progressive farmer in the country.
the silo is one of the most valuable
innovations in agriculture that have
been introduced in recent years. The
building of silos, the growing of al
falfa and the feeding of well-bred
live stock on the farms, and the re-
turn of the manure to the land, will
stop the soil deterioration that has
been depicting these farms for years,
restore them to their former pro-
ductive capacity and add immeasur-
ably to the wealth and prosperity of
the country.
The foundation of successful farm
ing is soil fertility. All crops are
limited by the supply of plant food
in the soil. The feeding of the pro-
ducts Of the farm to live stock and
the retaining Of the fertility as far
as possible on the farm, is a neces-
sity. This can best be done through
the Use of the silo.
What is a silo? A silo is in effect
any kind of a receptacle, box, barrel,
excavation or place in which green
fodder may be stored and preserved
for months or years until wanted for
feed. A silo has been designated as
a structure designed for the preser-
walton of food in green and sue
culent condition. The name may be
applied to hole dug in the ground
or a structure Of wood, stone, brick,
concrete or any other building ma
terial or combination of materials
when made to meet certain require
ments. Past experience in the use
of the silo has developed certain fun
damental needs which must be pos
sessed by all silos.
First: the silo must be air-tight.
The making Of silage is largely a
series of fermentation processes.
Certain bacteria or germs pass into
the silo with the corn or other materi-
al, and after a short time, begin to
grow and multiply in it. The more
air that comes in contact with the
silage the further the fermentation
will proceed to the detriment of the
fodder. If supply Of air is admitted
to the silo or remains in it, the bac-
terra will continue to grow, and
spoiled or rotten silage will result.
In the process Of fermentation, heat
is generated, and when it attains a
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impossible to classify wood stave
silos as permanent structures, and
this impossibility rests not, as the
wood stave silo men claim, upon fail
ure to observe mechanical principles
in the erection of these silos, but
upon qualities inherent in the very
nature of the material wood.
Nor can such state of affairs be
charged to the fact that these silos
were not properly guyea, because no
guying is sufficient to hold such ma
terial in place with a proper degree of
rigidity. This report reads like a
chapter from my own experience.
I built a wood stave silo eight
years ago. It blew down while in the
process Of erection. It was moved
by the wind until I had to partially
rebuild the foundation. I have had to
replace number of rotten parts and
slaves with new wood. Several of the
iron hoops have been broken. The
silo has already cost me around $3.50
for repairs and the end is not more
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agent represents.
The amount of misinformation and

agent represents.
The amount of misinformation and
Misrepresentation that has been
worked off on the farmers of this
country, in Connection with silo build
ing, is almost incredible. Many farm
ers have not yet learned that it is
better to go to the man with expert
ence for information and instruction,
rather than the man who has some
thing to sell, and particularly if that
man happens to be the agent for
wooden silo.
In the early days of silo building
in this country silos were all made of
wood, but in the course of time, as
the natural defects of wooden silos
became apparent, there was a de-
mand for more durable and perman-
ent structure, and tile, brick, stone
and cement silos have all come into
use.
Every one knows that wood, as a
container of wet silage, must sooner
or later decay. It is also just as in
controvertible that would will burn,
that it will shrink when dry and
swell when wet. The wooden silo
also has record of blowing down.
The following report of an investiga-
tion in a western state is explicit and
to the point:
During the summer of 1911 thirty
one stave silos erected in the vicinity
of Lincoln, Neb., were inspected. In
the inspection no silo was passed by.
They were taken singly, one by one,
as found. Here is the result of the
Inspection.
give had blown clear down once
before they had been built twelve
months; one blew clear down twice
before it had been built twelve
months; one blew clear down three
times before it had been built twelve
months; one blew clear down once be-
fore it had been built five months;
one blew clear down once before it
had been built nine years; two blew
clear down, but the date of their erec-
ton was not ascertained; eight had
been re-erected once before they were
up twelve months; one had been re-
erected twice before it was up twelve
months; four were leaking badly; one
had been Strengthened twice; two had
very loose hoops; one had broken
nearly every hoop more than once;
only six were in good condition.
With such record as this, it is
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silos and that wooden stave silos were
most satisfactory.
The reason assigned in the bulletin
for the poor keeping qualities of tile,
brick, cement or stone silos was that
these materials take away the heat
generated in the silo, resulting in
the checking of the fermentation, and
in spoiled silage around the edges.
The conclusions in this bulletin are
entirely at variance with my own
experience.
For years I have kept silage in a
silo of which the bottom eight or ten
feet is made of common brick and un-
plastered, and in all of these years,
l have never found any spoiled silage
next to the brick.
About two years ago a wood silo
agent came to me with one of the
Storrs' bulletins in his pocket and
wanted to inspect the silage in a tile
silo. It was about the first of May,
and my own silo being empty, I took
him to neighbor who had two tile
silos, one of which he kept for sum-
mer use. The agent got into the silo
and did his own investigating. He
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more pointedly in the following:

more pointedly in the following:
"1n order that you may have a
proper conception of the attitude of
the farmers in DcKalb county toward
tile, brick, cement and stone silos as
compared with wooden silos, would
call your attention to the fact that
during the season of 1912 one town.
ship in DeKalb county which pre-
viously had only three silos, and these
OF wood, put up twenty-eight silos, all
OF them being of some material other
than wood. The wooden silo has
served as forerunner, but tile, brick,
stone and cement are the silos that
farmers are building in this part of
Illinois in nine cases out of ten. I
consider a tile or good hollow wall
brick silo the most beautiful, and
there surely is none better"
The above testimony comes from
men who are disinterested and who
have no silos to sell. It comes from
farmers who are builders and users
Of silos, and who have for years
watched the development of silos and
silage making, for the purpose of de-
termining the best silo and the
practice that will give the best re-
suits. The conclusions reached by
these years of study and observation
are shown by what they are doing
and the kind of silos they are build
ing. What these practical and expert
enced men are doing for themselves
may be safely followed by others.
At the state dairyman's convention
held at Peoria, ILL.,, during the early
part of the year, I took advantage of
the opportunity to talk with a num-
ber of men who have used silos for
years, and without exception they
favored the permanent type. I
learned of one brick silo that had
been used for twenty-eight years and
is still in good condition. All over
the dairy region of Illinois silos have
been in use the longest, the wooden
silo is giving away to permanent
structures of tile, brick or concrete
and the keeping qualities of these
silos are never called in question.
In actual practice there seems to be
no foundation for the claim made by
Prof. Esten and published in Bulle-
tin No. 70 of the Connecticut Expert
ment Station.
The fraudulent claim backed by
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look a. There, If You Don't Think
It's Just Wonderful for Corns!"

"Bless my stars. look at it! Land of
the livin'! Why. just look at it, That
corn came right off,-just like peel
Ing bananas. Put your finger on my
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nutrients per acre. The best quality
of silage is made from fairly well
matured corn. Dry corn or that COM
paratively dry will not pack solidly
and make good silage without the ad-
dition of water. The amount of water
necessary for this purpose will vary
with the condition of the material
and must be determined by the solid
ity Of the packing.
Spoiled or rotten silage around the
edges or in any part of the silo is
caused by air coming in contact with
the silage, and this cannot happen if
the walls of the silo are air tight
except through improper filling. The
exclusion of the air from every part
of the silo is what constitutes proper
filling and this is aided by an even
distribution of the material and the
filling of every part Of the silo with
sufficient moisture to permit of solid
packing. When this has been rightly
done there will never be any spoiled
silage around the edges, or in any
part of the silo.
It would seem that the require
ments of a silo and the direction for
making silage are SO simple and plain
that che who runs may read," and
yet there have been many unfortu-
nate ventures in silo building and
great losses in silage making due to
a neglect Of even these simple rules.
While most farmers have learned
something of the great value of the
silo, many have been sadly misin-
formed and misled regarding the silo
as well as the principles and methods
fortune that so much energy and eff
fort has been expended in creating
the belief that the only thing of val
ue or in any way necessary, in con-
nection with the silo and silage, is
contained within the miraculous
structure with mysterious qualities,
with it's patent roof, doors, and vari-
GUS attachments, which some particu-
lar (bLt not over-particular) silo
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can be packed much more solidly than
in a square silo.
The silo must be deep. This has
been found to be essential. There
must be sufficient pressure to pack
the fodder and exclude air. The
thoroughness with which this is done
will determine the quality of the sill
age in every case.
The sllo must have smooth, perpen-
dicular walls. This is necessary in
order to allow the mass to settle with
out forming cavities or air pockets
along the walls.
The walls must be rigid and strong.
It is obvious that the walls must be
sufficiently strong to resist the burst
ing pressure when the silage settles.
The features enumerated above are
essential and requisite to any and
every kind of silo in order to sue
cessfully preserve fodder in a green
and succulent state. Years of practical
experience and experiment, however,
in making silage, by interested men,
have demonstrated that there are
other requirements which pertain
more particularly to the making of
silage, that must be needed, before
/ the best results can be obtained.
There is no silo made that will re-
lieve one of all responsibility or care
in the making of silage. -
To attempt to make silage with
out a knowledge of what is re-
quired and how it is to be done, is a
gamble, pure and simple. Corn put
into a silo while green and immature
does not make the best quality of sill
age or furnish the greatest yield of
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Bulletin No. 70 of the Storrs' Experi-
ment Station has, no doubt, sold nany
wooden silos where more permanent
structures would have been used. It
is impossible to protect everyone from
fraud and imposition, but the farm
ers of the country should be led to
think for themselves, and investigate
the results of those who have had
years Of experience in the use of silos.
When the farmer has decided upon
the kind of silo he will use, there still
remain some facts in connection with
it's erection and use that must not be
overlooked. No silo can be permanent
without the use of good material in
it's construction. It should be built
upon solid foundation. It must be
reinforced to withstand the great
pressure to which it will be subjected.
These requirements are applicable to
all silos.
After all this has been done and
the structure made perfect, the use
Of the silo and the making of the sill
age have an important part to per-
form in securing success. There is
no silo made that will produce good
silage if improperly filled. This fact
has been responsible for many disap-
pointments and failures in silage
making. The material used for
silage making must be properly ma
tured and it must be put into the
silo and packed SO as to exclude all
air. If the material is too dry to
pack thoroughly, water must be used
until it will pack solidly. The materi-
al must be evenly distributed and
tramped, and the outer edge kept the
highest, so that in settling, the pres
sure will be outward and toward the
walls of the silo, and not from it,
thus keeping the air from getting in
around the edges.
The manufacturers of silo material
should see to it that the purchaser
is thoroughly informed of the thea
part that he is to perform if the
structure and process is to be sue
cess.
After having used silos for more
than twenty-five years, my own judg-
ment is that, from an economic stand
point, there is no question but that
the permanent structure of tile or
brick will be the silo of the future.
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dug down in a number of places, es-
pecially around the edges, he came out
with sample Of the silage which he
examined carefully, smelled and tast-
ed and finally pronounced perfect. In
this case the "proof of the pudding
was in the eating" The material for
this silage was placed in the silo in
September, eight months before.
There surely had been ample time for
the scientifically explained process Of
rapid loss of heat generated in the
silo to have done it's worst and spoiled
the silage. Yet this was not the re-
suit.
Gone swallow does not make sum-
mer" and there is always chance for
error and mistakes in a limited num-
Der Of experiments. Realizing this
fact and not desiring to say anything
regarding the above mentioned bulle-
tin that would not stand the test Of
actual experience, I wrote to the
county agent of McHenry County,
Illinois, where all types Of silos have
been in use for many years. ! asked
what the results Of keeping silage in
different kinds of silos had been. He
replied that tile, brick and cement
silos have given excellent results in
that county for several years. He
also said that the silage keeps just
as well in them as it does in wooden
,silos and in a great many cases bet
ter, especially where the wooden silo
has been up for several years and the
hoops are not perfectly tight.
The county agent of DeKalb
county, 1a, states the facts even
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The Sil0 is the Watcht0Wer of
Farm Prosperity and Progress

The following article was read in
the form of paper before the an
nuai convention of the Illinois Clay
Manufacturers' Association, held at
Springfield, ILL.,, February 8 to 10,
1915. 1t contains some valuable in
formation on the structural REQUIRE
ments of a silo, and also upon the
methods to be followed in filling, in
order to insure success in the pre-
serving of green fodder. Some light
is also thrown on the real perman-
'ency and economy of the wooden
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certain degree, usually about 122 to
1872 degrees Fahrenheit, the ferment-
ing action is arrested and sweet silage
is the result.
Good silage can only be made when
air is excluded from the silo. If
spoiled or rotten silage is found in a
silo Of any make, it is because air
has reached it in some way.
The silo should be round. In the ef-
feet to exclude air from the silo, the
round form has been found to be the
best, for the reason that the silage
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-22
New Cumberland Plans to
Have Strong Baseball Team

The New Cumberland Baseball As
sociation reorganized last night and
will take steps toward the reorgan-
izatlon of the Central Pennsylvania
League, with number of new towns,
including a Harrisburg team. These
officers were elected:
President, William II. Ennis; vice
president, c. J.. Leiby; secretary and
treasurer, X. $. Wire; manager, r.
n. Lechthaler; assistant manager, S.
Il. Hall; directors, r. +. Garner, $. A.
kirkpatrick, w. l.. Lechthaler. w. II.
Strayer and w. w. Zimmerman.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-22
TECH SHOOTERS HAVE ENTHUSIASTIC BATTLE NEAR
WEEEYS K%doRNER

Two worlds records for automobile
Angeles the other day. Barney Old
field made a mile from a flying start
in 40 seconds fiat. This was three
quarters of a second better than the
previous mark. Burman drove his
mile from a standing start in 5S 1-5
seconds, 4 and AS seconds better than
the old mark.
The intercollegiate Basketball
League teams had another thrilling
race this season. At intervals either
Penn or Princeton was in the lead.
The finish showed the Tigers tied up
with Penn. 1t is hardly probably that
the tie will be played off, but there
may be decision from the Intercolle-
giate Association. Extra period
games were many. Yales poor show
ing was attributed to the failure or the
coaches to develop a center.
The first track practices for Central
athletes will be held on Monday, We'd
nesday and Friday afternoons of next
week, at Sixteenth ana North streets.
All candidates for track and fiel, hon
ors are expected to be out. Daily
practices will be held on Allison Hill
"h'ii 'iiS isi"ilu ilelu 10 III SidpS'
During mis- career Jess Willard has
participated in so bouts. He won IS
by knockout decisions, and five on
points. There were no decisions in
three bouts; one was a draw and he
lost three. Frank Moran has par
ticipated in 80 battles. He wo. I6 by
knoctouts. Three were given the
Pittsburgher on points; and he lost
four. No decisions were given in
seven of the bouts.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-22
West Ender Scores
Rosewood A. c. Policy;
Lauds Telegraph Five
10 the Sporting editor:

To the Sporting Editor:
Harrisburg Telegraph, Dear Sir:
Positively not holding any interest in
either the Telegraph or Rosewood
basketball teams, would you give me
enough space in your paper to print
the following?
The Rosewood Athletic Club bas-
ketball team defeated the champion
Telegraph team for the city cham
pionship. The Telegraph team was
recognized as champions, while the
Rosewood team was far from being
such.
The Telegraph tossers had the
acknowledged superiority as a bas-
ketball team, giving them the right
to the title championship. The man
ager of the Telegraph five should not
have recognized the Rosewood team
until they had made a record for
themselves, with a string of defeated
teams of the same class the Tele-
graph contested with. Therefor l can
not help but blame the manager of
the Telegraph for arranging this
game.
They call their two teams, Rose
wood a. c. when winners and Thes-
( plans when they lose. Therefore play
ing under two names have they any
claim to the championship title? The
same team playing under the name of
/ Rosewood A. c. two previous seasons
contested with the West End A. c. for
city championship in baseball in or
der to get the championship from
West End in the same way as they
defeated the Telegraph.
To prove my statement this same
team was defeated at Williamsport
under the name of Thespians. II
/ they expect West End A. c. to recog-
nize them in baseball they will have
to play their respective lineup at all
times.
w IL. X
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-22
Tech Has Two Hard Games;
Play Sunbury Friday Night

The Technical high school basket
ball tossers will play their final home
game of the season Friday night in the
gymnasium of the school. when they
will lineup again the team represent
ing Sunbury high school. Three weeks
ago the Sunburians won from the Ma
room at that place by score of 81 to
"a, in one of the best games seen
there this year.
Tech tossers will travel to Lancas-
ter Saturday where they will meet the
Red Roses on the Franklin and Mar
shall floor in the next to their last
Central Pennsylvania League game.
Tech trimmed Lancaster easily during
January on the local floor and hopes
to repeat with another victory.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-22

There is still baseball war So far
1t has been principally in newspaper
claims made by both the Pennsylvania
State League and the Atlantic League
officials. Both organizations claim
complete circuit. If the statements
are correct there will be two teams in
some towns. The State League prom
ises something definite on March ~
Home Run" Baker worked with
the Yankees yesterday and started
work at third base. He showed his
old-time form at the Georgia camp.
He was a regular star in picking up
fast grounders.
Philadelphia and Chicago had Il
twelve-inning session yesterday, Pat
Moran's Colts winning by a score OF
to 6 at Tampa, Fla. The Chicago
Cubs We're out for a hard night and
they kept in the game until the finish.
Niehoffs drive in the twelfth brought
the victory.
Manager Connie Mack split up his
squad yesterday and from now until
the two teams move north the Regu-
lars and Yanigans will have daily bat
ties. Present indications are that
tho picking of the Athletics this year
will not be an easy Job. The young
sters are showing their heels and
some of the vets will have 20 look out
for their laurels.
Through the courtesy OF Homer
Black, general secretary of the local
Y. Nj. c. A.. the Buffalo International
League team will have a place for in
door training. The use of the Y. NJ.
c. A., gymnasium was yesterday ten
dered 10 j. f. Austin secretary of the
Buffalo club, and the offer accepted
with thanks.