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Show In Defense of "Cobb" Silos. From Farmers' Review: Figures will not lie, but the other fellow often gets very much mistaken, and I see the other fellow attended our State Dairymen's convention, and had something some-thing to say about silos. He gave the cost of a Cobb silo as built by our president,' Joseph Newman. Now, the fact is Jos. Newman did not build a Cobb silo, but one he has given a new name. In a letter to me regarding it he styled it a "Cobb-Newman" silo, and I find that the Newman part oi it cost as much as the Cobb part, virtually doubling cost of building. Now, Cobb is not responsible for silver-plated hoops, mahogany staves or costly superstructures that pass as foundations. Mr. Newman has a splendid splen-did silo, one of the best in the state, but the six feet of mason work added greatly to cost and should not be charged up to my style of silo. As to length of life of a silo on my plan, will say that at Osco, Henry county, on the farm of M.' M. Nash, is a silo of three-quarter Inch' flooring that has its fourteenth crop In it and is good for many . more. Question: If this three-quarter stuff lasts fourteen or more years, how long will a silo two inches thick last? Fears were expressed ex-pressed that in a few years my spiked silos would not draw together. This is not so; they draw together as closely close-ly as any style of silo, and, in fact, after the second or third year do not require tightening at all. The past fall we did not tighten a single nut. Last spring I Addressed the Retail Milk Dealers' Association at .Burlington, .Burling-ton, Iowa, on cheap milk production, and at that time laid especial stress on value of the silo. From this talk sprung five silos built after my plans. Mr. Perry of Burlington built a 100-ton 100-ton silo' at a total cost of 97.88. 1 Three men and a boy put it up from 9 o'clock a. m. to 4 o'clock p. m. F. M. Parsons of same city put up a 200-ton silo at a total cost of $180. The others cost less than $1 per ton capacity. ca-pacity. So much for the figures will not He proposition. "Buff Jersey." |