Show Silo Will 1 ll Be Aid to Dairy Farmers Best Way to Save ClOpS Too Late in Maturing in Natural Way Yay nr Dy W A Fo Foter I Ill t Unit r itY of oc w NU lU sore leo Silos are coming Into such Im Importance as a result of the critical feed situation that one farmer even efen v wanted to know how bow he could mowd mo mow moe e d 11 concrete silo Instead of building another Extremely dry weather and the chinch bug bugs have hate combined to re- re reduce reduce re reduce duce the amount of ot hay and other forage that are arc normally stored for wInter live lIe stock consumption hut Iut huton luton on farms with silos tills this loss can he be overcome at nt least partially by putting up silage sila o Corn planted or replanted too late to ma mature matare tare ture for grain will m il it e a good sl 51 loge lame Furthermore such Ruch chinch bug resistant crops is s sunflowers fI 0 er soy soybeans beans and cowpens cowpeas may be made Into silage Where tit here grain sorghum Is grown gron this too may serve sene as a substitute for the more common corn silage If It a new silo of any kind hind Is to be buIlt built there are arc certain things that must be te kept hept In mind In the first place the structure should be strong enough so that It will not bur buret t under greet pressure It should le I e smooth on the Inside so that the ens e w will ill III settle freely and leek proof so that the juices will III not seep away and air enter to cause caLse spoilage The silo should be eco ceo of ot ample capacity storm and fireproof and attractive The latter feature may y not be essential but It will add to Its value as n a permanent Improvement ement In the farm building group Whether or not a silo Is necessary on most farms Is of ot course debatable debat debatable able In some cases caces However IIo ever with the Increased difficulty of a livelihood Il out of the soil soli because of I een competition Insect pests drouth and floods late lite freezes and early frosts the silo Is t IncreasIngly Important In farm op orations It Is admitted tint tilt silo filling Is herd work but It Is all done In n a afew afew few days Then after the task Is IJ completed the firmer farmer has as a aall available all able In a ton silo su sufficient feed to carry rry a herd of 23 25 cows through the winter feeding period with Ith enough silage left over o for four to sl sleeks six weeks feed during the summer when pastures are short |