Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-08-04

kent. there should be enough to war"
rant the use Of a silo, and we believe
that ever with as few as ten mead no
farm can afford to be without this
essential improvement; and there IS
no question out that the Id value
of feeding silage will every year pay
for the cost of building a sllo.
Reasons why I Am Going to Build
a Silo.
Must Have a Silo-
Yes, I must have a silo, and there
are a number of good reasons.
I spend too much time putting up
dry feed, and then there is SO much
waste. By having a silo I could nave
a No. 1 feed and wouldn't have to
have it stacked all over the yard;
also I should Judge it would take
longer to feed dry feed than 1t would
silage.
AS most Of my neighbors and my
self feed the stock outdoors, we are
out in all kinds of weather, but with
a silo it would be fed inside and
would be much more pleasant Tor
both man and, stock.
And another very important thing
is that our pastures r good here for
only about three months in the year,
so we ought to have some silage to
feed. Also, the flies would not bother
the cattle so much II they were in
the barn eating silage, and I wouldn't
need to worry about fire taking all I
had, as I have seen it do.
BY changing work with my neigh
bors, I would fill a 100-ton silo in
that with my dry feed, as I am cut
ting and hauling about two months.
I have been here 10 years, and
there hasn't been n winter that my
cattle have not had what they should
have had-but I was always afraid I
wouldn't have enough. You know n
cannot always get the feed up in as
good shape as it ought to be. Some
of it will be good, some poor-so how
is one going tt tell when he Is going
to have enough?
This job Of telling you why I want
a silo is some job for me. I could
tell it to your face better. But then
I am going to have hat silo just the
same. Robert Nelson, Campbell
county, S. Oak.
Saves Buying More Land
A few weeks ago a neighbor offered
to sell some land SO cheap that I was
tempted to borrow part of the money
to pay for it and buy it. I planted it
because in dry years I did not have
pasture enough to feed as many
CatLle as L wanted TO keep. But now
! rm going to use the honey on hand
to build a silo and buy the machinery
to fill 1t. Then I can keep more
cattle on the land I now own, and I
will have other advantages.
First will have green feed for
my cows in the fall and winter,
which will increase the flow of milk
and increase the cream shipments. T
csn have my cows fresh in the fall
and winter, and produce the heaviest
flow of milk in the winter when I
will have the most time for milking,
the flies will not suck the COWS before
I can milk them, and the price Of
cream is highest.
Second-I will have silage to feed
my beef cattle. When feed Is dry Z
can give them silage and lay on more
pounds of beef in less time, and SO
save in the cost Of production-which
gives me more money tor my labor
and money invested in beef cattle.
Third-And to my mind very i'm
portant, I will have more manure
dropped where I can get it and haul it
on my cultivated land. This manure
applied to the ground will increase
the fertility Of the soil and add
humus which holds moisture, so that
I will be able to produce more feed
even in dry years and I will receive
more pay for my labor in cultivating
my land.-W. E.. Wrapp, Meade
county, S.. Oak.