FIFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART IV. 253 



Mr. Trow: From the farmers' standpoint, I must say that 

 we have to have cheap food. We have to use corn fodder. It 

 is the only way to use corn fodder and use it satisfactorily. As 

 I am farming and have to hire most of my help, it would be 

 utterly impossible for me to follow the dairy business if you cut 

 out silage milk, and I would say to those who have not seen the 

 silo and seen silage feed, study it up; visit those farmers that 

 have silos. You farmers who are here today make a careful 

 study of it, see how the cows eat it clean up; and, by the way, 

 when you visit a farmer feeding silage take a little of it home 

 and see how your own cows eat it. 



Professor Smith : Do you ever mix anything with the corn 

 to go in the silo? 



Mr. Trow: No; always corn. We did once try sunflowers, 

 but it was not satisfactory. 



Member : I have used a silo for the last ten years and I have 

 never heard any complaint about it, and the butter sold on the 

 market for the top price. I do not think there is anything in 

 this objecting to silage milk. 



Regarding the blower or elevator, I would prefer the elevator. 

 In the blower the loose part of the stalks are blown farther off ; 

 by the elevator you get it well mixed. I have used the elevator 

 but I have seen the blower used, and I would prefer the elevator. 

 It gets it in better shape. 



Mr. Trow: What do you use. Professor Smith, in your 

 locality? 



Professor Smith : We use the blower. With proper dis- 

 tributor, such as Mr. Trow speaks about, I do not think the 

 gentleman would find any trouble ; but without it that stuff comes 

 up there with such force that it is unevenly distributed. 



Mr. Trow: One word more, and then I am through. That 

 is, do not be discouraged by a visit to a careless farmer that has 

 a silo. Once in a while a man who would make a failure of 

 anything will build a silo. We have one or two such silos in 

 our country. The joists were not strong ^enough, the building 

 spread, leaving large space which let the air in and spoiled the 

 silage . This is illustrated by the story of a man who wanted to 

 cross on the ferry . He stood on the bank for a long time and 

 the ferryman finally said "why don't you get on if you want to 

 cross?" The man said, "I haven't the money." "Well it only 



