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Show GOOD OF SILO ON DRY FARV i Saves All Corn Grown From Roots te Tsssel and Adda SO Per Cent j to Value of Crop. 'I! PltOF. tiny C. POTTS. talrv1n Ks-m Ks-m rt. Oklahoma Agrlrullural Onlitg A silo naves all the corn you grow n the hill, from the roots to the tassel, t saves the part of the crop that f-vaporates, dries up and blows away when you shock the corn. It adds 44 per cent, to the value of the cropovei :lie old way of harvesting. When com 's stored In a silo you can feed it al my time. A silo should be filled st a time whec the corn Is at Ita best, and If left It '.he field longer would lessen Its value Vou have your corn crop where It cai be fed this year, or next, or In tbrei fears from now, with no loss by age , The total cost of filling a alio Isonl; one half of the cost of shucking tbi rorn crop. None of the sllsge Is wsst ed or refused by the slock they rel Isb It every day In the year. A man with a silo Is Independent ol wet and dry weather, poor pasture and late springs and he will have aa abundance of good, aucculent feed fui the entire year. The silo Is the Insurance that should be taken against scarcity of feed Kafir corn for the silo csn be grown In the southwest during the most severe' d i ougth. Invest In a silo and Insure your stock against drought. If you keep live stock and every farmer who has 25 acrea of land should make arrangements to build a silo and plant corn to fill ft You can plant a crop to fill It and build the alio any time convenient. |