44 Agricultural Gazette of N.S.TF. [e/«>^. 2, 1908. 



The jiractifc in tlir I nitcil States is for iiiaiiut'acl iii'ci-s to sujiply silos 

 ready to erect, with all iletails woi'knl u\\\ ami made an aet'uratc tit. The 

 |piirchasiT then Knows exactly what his silo is ijoiiiL: to cost him : the lalioui' 

 of erectiii<i' is usually su|i|p|ie(l tfom anionj:' the eiii]>loyees on the farm. 

 The ])usiness has heeome so e.xtensive that ev('i'\- .\TMerican ani-icultui'al 

 pajjer (Mnitains many advertiseiiieiits of silo manufact uicrs. \N hen sihis 

 are made in numhei's, the cost is far less than an individual couhl ]>ossil)ly 

 jMiiTliase the material for and have it I ra ns|)oi-ted to his hohlini!. (juite 

 apart fi'om the loss of time entaileil ohtainine the vaidoiis materials in 

 small (plant ities and in workinL;' out plans and details foi- himself. 



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Thus it is that a demand for silos has led to their --uiiplx at reasonable 

 ])rices 1)V firms who have ^one into the husiness pi'epared to supply that 

 (lemaiul at a less cost than the farmer can do it f(U' himself. The demand 

 in this State has hitherto not been sufficient to make it worth while manu- 

 facturers takiiiL!- up the business, each fainiei' beim:- left to work out his 

 own silo as best he could, drawinL: his su]i|dies from vaidous sources, and 

 paying the retail ]irice for his stuff, and any errors he mi<_dit make were 



