Show WHAT A SILO MEANS TO AVER AGE zi K iz t L 4 Z A y 7 attl gm RO q X n NIP AR i A 11 N 1 ua 05 4 W SILOS ON A WESTERN DAIRY FARM greater beef bec F farm P products od u eta ma production I 1 marketed on hoof increased income more live stock L larger crops more fertility better farm lands J I 1 increased income less waste by K D HEBB something of what the silo means to every farm Is shown in the above genealogical tree the silo Is one of the greatest conservators conservatory conserva tors ot of food va values I 1 aes ues and of land fertilities on the farm by its use stock Is furnished with green roughage during the winter months when hen such feed has tor for I 1 years been thought out of the question it furnishes an economical ration at a time when foodstuffs are high increased fertility it means increased fertility to the soil beca because iise the owning of a silo meting means the owning of more livestock more feed can be stored in a given space in the form of silage than in the form of fodder or hay there Is less loss of food material when a crop Is made into silage crops can be put into the silo during weather which annot be utilized in malting making hay or fodder there Is loss less waste good silage Is all consumed the accumulation of more livestock on the tana farm means an increased income tor for the farmer many county agents are making determined ter mined campaigns in their communities tor for the building of silos and these campaigns invariably result in increasing the batik bank account of the farmer succulent feed to the dairyman of the past the silo means the succulence of pasture nil all the year round cheaper feeding thrifty animals and increased production adopted by the dryland dry land dairyman the silo loses none of its virtues and in addition becomes his one real effective weapon against drought D every very dryland dairyman should have three times the silo capacity he expects to need in any one season in favorable years it provides the extra estra storage room necessary for saving the large crop and if several years of drought succeed one another the reserve reserva supply can be drawn upon to tide over the adversity this reserve Is his bis insurance against drought destructive droughts sometimes occur when a crop Is hilf half or two thirds grown at such critical times the silo is of peculiar value for entirely saving the growth made under the present system of depending on pasture in summer and dry feeding in winter production Is confined almost entirely to pie hel summer months the dairyman with a silo finds that production la Is possible all the year round I 1 and that winter production is tar far more profitable because of the higher prices offered tor for the product the silo is revolutionizing the whole feeding practice and is putting it on a sound basis it awakens the settler to a realization of the benefits to be derived from other improvements such as better shelter and the breeding up of his hero herd |