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The Silo. i There is usually much loss in being! itself during the coming nine months.
The following utricles on the sub- obliged to leed these crops belore they Iowa Homestead
ject of the silo seem to be perfectly :i,v mature and after they are over
proper and seasonable at this time. :riP'- And for the faraner who can
Then' are, at present, but few silos in ' make the larger investment, the most
this county, but it may be hoped that ' practical way of all to provide green
a number of farmers will take advan-! fwd for summer drouth is to fill a
silo with corn silage. It not only saves
the labor and the inconvenience in
tage of the opportunity offered for
making savings in their feed bills and
at the same time reap larger profits I putting in and cultivating small patch
from their herds than they are now !-s of different kinds of crops, but also
doing. x j in harvesting from day today in a
These articles are reprinted fr,m j m,sv Staj,on of tm -Ve:ir- These soil -Hoard's
Dairyman, which is a recog-j inK --rops can be disposed of and all
the feed raised from one planting in
one field in the -hape of corn. The
whole held of corn -for the silo may
be cut at just the right stage of mat
urity when the most nutriment can be
secured in the best possible condition
for feeding. It al-o aoid the jmssib-
jilitv of soiling crop failing to rijen
at the exact period when the drouth
happens to srike the pasture. For the
silo may be opened whenever the past
ure fails, regardless of the date, and
the silage will remain in the best con
n Hon a; long as needed. When the
nized authority on dairying in its diff
erent phases. We would suggest that
the oliicers of the Columbus Corn
Growers Association, in making up
iheir program for their annual corn
show, make arrangements for one or
more good addressed on this important
subject.
Silo Economize. Stock. Food Supply.
Professor Fraser. of the Illinois Ivv
penment Station, in comparing the
plan of using a number of freh soil
mg crups with ensilage for live stock pasture .-upplies enough feed again
has this to sav
There are many intelligent farmers
who are providing a succession of
iresh suiting crops and using them to
great advantage in helping out short
pastures. There iv necessarily much
labor attached to preparing the ground
planting, raising and harvesting the
common crop-, used for this purpose.
The Busy
Housewife
can lesson her toil and
make her kitchen more
comfortable during the hot
summer weather by using
ELECTRIC FLAT IRONS
ELECTRIC PLATE HEATERS
ELECTRIC WASHING MACHINES
and main' other labor sav
ing devices that we have
on display at our office.
The expense for operating
means nothing when com
pared to the comfort de
rived. If your lights are
dingy or your eyes weak
we recommend
TUNGSTEN OR MAZDA LAMPS
The kind that make dark
corners look like day.
Columbus
Light, Heat and
Power Co.
what i- left in the silo may be covered
over and thus preserved without waste
and aided to when refilling the silo for
Winter Use.
When an expert like Professor Fra
ser is willing to place himself on re
cord in this way. and, as it were, up
set notions that were formerly quite
popular in many localities, the aver
age man can afford to pay some atten
tion to his advice. The silo is not a
fad that will pas away, providing
the farmers of the grain belt continue
to market a considerable part of their
grain roughage in the form of meat
and dairy products. The dry weather
has already cut the 1911 corn crop,
and jet in most cases the yield of fod
der will be almost normal, so that the
man who has silo space for a good big
field of corn will be able to carry his
stock until grass again at a much less
cost than the man who uses hay. dry
fodder and grain.
In some localities pastures have be
come so much dried up and the hay
supply so low that the marketing of
oung cattle and even cow has begun.
I and in most cases a heavy sacrifice is
i invoked. The pinch will come later
l when alues become greatly increased.
J Then, and only then, will the wisdom
i f the man who has held on to his foun-
i
' dation stock lie shown.
The corn crop of 1911. even though
I short could be Handled in such a wa
! b the building of silos as to make it
j return the norma! annual revenue to
j the farmers of the grain belt. We
know of a number of instances where
corn is in full tassel, and yet there is
no sign of ears starting. This abnor-
j mal condition, no doubt, is being
' brought about by the drv state of the
soil. Where such is the case a tre
j mendous loss will be experienced un-
less some extra effort is made to meet
i tlie situation wisely. It can best be
! done by converting the crop into ensil
age. There are thousands of in-tan-i
ivs on record where a silo has more
j than paid for itself in a single year,
and in this respect history will repeat
! The Conservative Banker
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in making loans must know to a certaintx that his ap
plicants or sureties are responsible and worthy of credit
Likewise, the prudent depositor shonld know the
character and standing of the bank with which he deals.
The business reputation of our directors and the ex
perience and ability of our officers, with a record of years
of successful business is sufficient guarantee that the in
terests of every depositor will be carefully protected.
j The First National Bank
: Columbus. Nebraska
Z The Olde-t and Largest Xat.ona. Rank in Platte t ojntv
FRISCHHOLZ BROS.
Shoes, Clothing,
Gents' Furnish
ing
RELIABLE GOODS AT RIGHT PRICES
FRISCHHOLZ BROTHERS
405 11th Street Columbus, Nebraska
Silos and F.nsileage.
It does not pay to devote high pric
ed land, for long periods, to pasturage
and the production of hay. The land
can he put to a more profitable use.
In odrer, therefore, that dairying may
continnue profitable, instead of de
pending, as in the past, wholly upon
pasture for the chief food supply of
their herds, many of our farmers are
turning toward the silo as affording a
beneficient solution of the feed prob
lem. It is doubly beneficient in that
it not only does away with the neces
sity of devoting so much land to pas
ture, but also, by making a cheap sup
ply of succulent and highly relished
feed all the year round, it deprives
stall feeding of some of its objection
able features, while keeping the milk
llow at a higher level. During the
past two or three years, more silos
have been built than in all previous
wars combined. The more prosperous
farmers are often supplied not merely
with one. but with two good silos.
The economic value of this method
of handling feed being generally re
cognized, the only real obstacle to the
general introduction of the silo seems
to be the first cost of the structure
and of the machinery for filling it.
More stock can be fed and profitably
kept per acre, when ensilage is grown,
than by almost any other method of
feeding.
The silo practically increases the
producing capacity of the farm at
least 30 ier cent, and often more.
A ICO acre farm wth a silo will pro
duce as much revenue as one of ISO
acres without. Therefore, the first
cost of a silo like that of a dwelling-house,
a barn or a team should
be considered part of the initial in
vestment: and if one's capital is lim
ited, it is better to buy a farm small
er by ten per cent, rather than dis
pense with the silo.
The producing value of a silo on 50
land would be equal to that of twen
ty acres added to the 3C0-acre farm,
or SI. 000: on $100 land it would be
.$2,000. This is a low estimate; for
the stock-carrying capacity of the
farm will often be increased fully 25
per cent by the adding of a silo. As
compared with its producing value,
the cost of constructing the silo is
small. Round wooden silos cost from
$1.50 to $3.00 per ton of cap:ity;
those of stone, brick or cement, from
$2 to $-1. It has been shown by act
ual experiment in Minnesota that
work ing-cope rati vely in the purchase
of materials, etc. a number of far
mers in a locality may errect on each
of their farms a stave silo, of 1-10 to
150 tons capacity, for about $275.
(leo. 1. Grout. University Farm,
Minnesota. In Hoard's Dairvman.
Fur SapreMie Jdgra
I. L. Albert
John Ewrson
James II. Dean
Willis D. Oldham..
"William L. Stark..
Columbus
Broken Bow
Kearney
.Aurora
Joel W. Weal Omaha
For Railway Calilaer
AVilllam J. Furse Alma
R. Al. Simms Alma
Clarence K. Ilannan Holdredtje
IV S. L'ntoii i nion
EV. Itunalii if I'MtVrraltT
J. K. Miller Lincoln
Otto Kotouc Humboldt
(ii:i:ir I- Anderson Oxford
Charles T. Knapp Lincoln
For UlMtrlet JudKc
Conrad Hollenbeck Fremont
Georue 11. Thoma Columbu
For Clerk of tar DUtrlrt Court
Christian Al. Grueiitlier.
Louis Held
For CoMBty- Clerk
Frank Kiernan
Adolpli Luers
John Graf
J. I- Brtinkeii
For County Treanurer
K. J. Krnst
"W. F. 1 odds
Shell Clark
William J Voss
Louis sVhwarz
Otto K. Heiier
Edmund Miles
For County Judge
John Itatieriuan
T. DeWltt Uoblson...
William X- Hriisley. .
William O'Erien
For County Shrrif
Henrj C Lachnit
Platte Center
.Columbus
Woodville
Columbus
ColiiuUm-
Columbus
Butler
..Shell Creek
Columbus
Columbu?
Columbu-
Columbus
Jollet
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.Humphrey
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.Columbus
.Columbus
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Frd si Lecron Columbus
For Couuty Sureyor
L. L. Gottsohalk
For County Coroner
Henri Ga.i.s Jr.
KKHl'BLICAX.
For Supreme Judjct-a
Francis G Hauler
Charles B Letton
Joseph K Cobbey
William B. ISos-e
Jesse L. Boot......
Ambrose C Kppersoii
Samuel V Iiavidson
John Al. AlaeFarland
For Italluay ComiU!ouer
11. C. Beehe. ............. .
James B. AleGrew
Joseph J. 1-ltlSer
Thomas L. Hall
K V. Bussell
Earl O E-'iRer
For HeueutH of I'ulvemlty
Victor O. Lvford
Frank L. Haller
For ONtrlrt Jutfcen
Conrad Hollenbeck
OeorRe H Thomas
.Columbus
Kearney
Falrbury
Beairlor-
Lincoln
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milk was known by number only and j ervisors, after a uVsperate struggle,
those whose opinions were obtained . by a majority vote of one consented
Effects of Corn Silage on Flavor of
Milk.
Hoard's Dairyman: 1 am well
aware of the usual stupid questions
asked in regard to the feeding of sil
age, but wish to get some opinions and
authorities to quote in the matter.
A local physician, who has a good
practice and is considered well inform
ed, has made the statement, in a pri
vate way. "That silage milk will
taste of the silage."
This had the efFect of shutting out
the use of such milk in an orphanage
where it would otherwise be used.
Any information you can give in the
matter, such as its use in similar in
stitutions and hospitals and certified
milk production, will be very wel
come. New York .1. T. M.
Ever since the silo has been brought
into use many foolish statements have
been made in reference to the efTect
of silage upon the milk. Men who
have had practical experience in feed
ing of silage know that statements to
the effect that it is injurous and caus
es disagreeable flavors in milk are
erroneous. A few years ago the
Dair- Department of the University
of Illinois conducted an experiment to
determine whether silage has any in
jurious effect in or produced unpleasant
or diseaggreeable flavors in the milk.
The station reports the result of the
experiment as follows:
"The University dairy herd was
divided into two lots, one of which
was fed forty pounds of corn silage
per cow per day, which was the maxi
mum amount for economical feeding,
together with a small amount of clo
ver hay and grain. The feed for the
other lot consisted entirely of clover
hay and grain.
"The milk from both lots was cared
for in exactly the same manner, being
removed from the barn as soon as
drawn and taken to the dairy building,
where it was cooled. After standard
izing to four per cent butterfat. that
there might be no difference in flavor
of the milk of the two lots on account
of a variation in this respect, the
milk was put in half pint bottles and
sealed.
"In each case, before asking for a
comparison, a bottle of milk from each
lot of cows was agitated to incorpor
ate the cream thoroughly, and the
milk in each bottle was poured into a
separate glass. Three questions were
then asked the person whose opinion
was desired: First, "Is there any
difference in the two samples?' Se
cond. "Is there any thing objection
able about either?" Third, "Which
do you prefer?" In every case the
were not told concerning the manner
of production, that their judgement
might be unbiased by any prejudice
they might have had as to the use of
silage in milk production.
"The people whose of tastes were
consulted were divided into three
classes, lades, men of the faculty and
men students. Of the 29 ladies. 10
preferred the silage milk, 14 the non
silage, and 5 had no choice. Of the
men of the faculty 27 preferred the
silage milk. 20 the non-silage, and
7 had no choice. Of the students 20
preferred silage milk. 4 non-silage,
and 4 had no choice.
A prefference of 51 per cent of the
111 tests made, when silage was fed
on the hour before milking. When
silage was fed at the time of milking
71 per cent preferred silage milk; and
when fed after milking. 51 per cent
reported the same preference.
"The summary of all results shows
that of the 372 tests made, 223. or
60 per cent preferred silage milk; 40
to have a silo errected at the county
farm. Some thought it a foolish ex
penditure of money. Mr. Bartlett
comes up smiling with a fine state
ment showing what the silo has act
ually done for the County Farm, and
he would not object to having another
silo put up.
Mr. tiartieil. S siaieiiicni anoa,
that $2753.26 in silo feed was taken I
from 26 acres of corn. This state
ment covers a period of nine months
and was made when four or five days
of feed was left in the silo.
The corn in the silo was first fed
November 1. 1910 at the County
Farm, and the feeding continued with
out interruption until August 1. with
the exception of fifteen days in June.
With the corn has been led 3Sbi.iw
worth of International sugar feed $100
worth of oil meal, $293.18, worth of
alfalfa, making a total of $1263.01
as the value of the feed bought.
From the fed was produced 222,049
, . .pounds of milk, for which the county
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iarm receiveu lormiiK aim uuun sum
$2856.77; for the milk and butter j
consumed 3 uy.au; ior caives suiut
109, or 29 per cent, preferred non
silage milk. The people who chose
the non-silage milk were those who,
as a rule, do not drink milk hence 1 449 70 making a total received of
4,016.27. Deducting the amount of (
feed bought from the total receipts;
there is left S2753. 26. This is the'
value of silo feed from 26 acres of
corn, or over $105 to the acre.
The silo at the county farm was in J
the nature of an experiment. Among
the supervisors, there were several
who honestly questioned the value of
a silo to the county farm. Others
thought it would pay for itself. How
ever it is possible that a few were pre
pared for the excellent showing. This
proTe conclusively that the silo pays
and pays well, in the hands of an ex
perienced farmer. The record made
has begun to be nosed about the state
and it will serve as an argument in
favor of the silo." Alonzo E. Wils
on, in Hoard's Dairvman.
their opinion is not so important as
the opinion of those who consume milk
more frequently. Samples of silage
and non-silage "milk were sent to five
experts in Chicago and other cities,
accompanied by a letter asking the
same three questions. Of these, one
of these experts had no choice, one
decided in favor of the non-silage and
three preferred the silage milk. "
Mr. H. B. Gurler, a very promin
ent dairyman, produced for years,
certified milk for the Chicago market.
During the entire period Mr. Gurler
fed his cows silage except during the
season of the year when pasture was
abundant. Hoard's dairyman.
The Silo As A Money Maker.
Hoard's Dairyman : The DuPage
County Farm at Wheaton, Illinois, has
the reputation of being the best dairy
farm in this end of the state. This
is largely because of the supervision
of Mr. C. D. Bartlett, who is con
ceded to be one of the most expert
and successful farmers in northern
Illinois For years he was president
of the Board of Supervisors and presi
dent of the County Farmers' Institute
In his methods, Mr Bartlett is far
ahead of the average dairyman in this
section His methods are scientfic and
always practical, and he makes good
in his theories. Many dairy farmers
could learn how to make money by
adopting some of Mr Bartlett's ideas.
The farm is run like a railroad sched
ule and Mr. Bartlett would leave a
fine crop of hay in the field, with rain
threatening, rather than not milk the
cows at four o'clock, right on the dot.
The Da Page County Board of Sap-
Many a Suffering Woman
Drags herself through her daily
tasks, suffering from backaches, head
ache, nervousness, loss of appetite and
poor sleep, not knowing that her ills
are due to kidney and bladder trou
bles. Foley's Kidney Pills give quick
re leaf from pain and misery and a
prompt return to health and strength.
No woman who so suffers can afford to
overlook Foley Kidney Pills. For
sale by all druggists.
SPECIAL EXCURSION
-TO THE
GULF COAST OF TEXAS
On September 5th.
The principal city to be visited will be Francites,
Texas, the Nebraska colony of which you have
heard so much during the past year. The excur
sion, however, will not stop there, but continue
down the entire coast to Brownsville and include
two steam boat trips on the Gulf of Mexico from
the cities of Galveston and Palacies. The fare
will be 27.50 from Lincoln. Now is the most
interesting time to see Texas,
When the Crops are Maturing
For further information see either
Ed. Rossiter or C. E. Newman
Columbus, Nebraska
J
Henry Shimek, the young man who
is charged by Mary Brings with being
the father of her child, had his prelim
inary hearing before Judge Ratterman
last Wednesday. The court found suf
ficient cause to bind him over to the
next term of the district court under
bonds of $750.
THERE IS PLENTY OF WATER
IN THE
Big Horn Basin and Yellowstone Valley
All of the rivers and irrigation canals are now running bank full.
The writer has just returned from an extended inspection trip through the
Big Horn Basin and Yellowstone Valley, where he found that the farmers-have
all the water they can use for irrigation; crops are accordingly very fine.
OPPORTUNITY FOR INVESTMENT. Money invested in Government
Irrigated lands, Carey Act lands, or deeded lands in the Big Horn Basin, at
present prices is sure to bring large returns for the reason that the farmars
of this country are beginning to understand that the Basin and Yellowstone
Valley have an ample water supply and that the water comes down from
the mountains just at the time when it is needed for irrigation.
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED EXCURSIONS
Come with me on one of our personally conducted excursions, first and third
Tuesdays, and let me show you the crops that follow a reliable water supply.
Write today for our new folder telling all about these lands, it is free.
D. Clem Deaver, Immigration Agent,
1004 Farnam Street, Omaha, Neb.
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