i: June, 191 i.] 



A CJicap Silo. 



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A CHEAP SILO. 



The maintenance of a uniform milk supply during that portion of the- 

 year when the natural pastures fail, can be insured bv erecting silos for 

 the conservation of the surplus fodders in spring, which are, in many 

 cases, allowed to go to waste. The present season has been characterized 

 by an abundant production of nutritious gr:'ss, so that the milk yield 

 will probably show an increase of from 15 to 25 per cent. The necessity 

 for the erection of silos should be recognised by every thoughtful and 

 progressive farmer so that he will be in a position to combat shortness- 

 of supplies should lean years be experienced. 



The accompanying photograph 

 is that of a tub silo which can < 

 under my notice recently when 

 judging the Alexandra Fodder 

 Crop Competition. It is cheaply 

 constructed and is apparently 

 giving good results. Dairy far- 

 mers who are able to procure 

 hardwood timber at rea.sonable 

 rates may find it to their advan- 

 tage to adopt this type. The silo, 

 which has a capacity of 70 tons, 

 is on the farm of Mr. D. Kennedy 

 at Thornton. Numerous other 

 silos of the same pattern are being 

 successfully used by dairymen in 

 the district. 



There is no other district in the 

 State where more attention is 

 given to the conservation of green 

 forage crops by means of tub silos 

 than bv the farmers along the 

 Upper Goulburn Valley. The 

 particular area starts from th<' 

 foot of the hill kin-wn as 

 McKenzie's. thence to Thornt<;n 

 townshiji. l)eing a stretch of land 

 about 5 miles long bv i or 2 milfs wide- 

 the C.oulburn River and on the other by the main road, and comprises 

 about 2,000 acres. In this small area one may see some 12 silos; and 

 others are being erected. 



The luxuriance of the niai/c grown in the Thornton distr'.ci this season 

 r-in be readily realized wht-n one takes into consideration the f;;ct that 

 Mr. Kennedy's 10-acre crop averaged 13 feet in height ; .see illustration 

 on i^age 3,^1. Farmers here realize the importance of having a reserve 

 of fodder, in the wav of silage, to tide them over the winter. 



Silage can be safelv store<l for any length of time provided the silo 

 !>• not openerl. This f.ict is of special advantage to dairymen - in years o^ 

 heavy crops and abundance of natural pa.stnres, the surplus can be stored, 

 thereby insuring that all years will be good years. — /. M. B. Connor. 



NiiTK. P;irii'-'iliir« and fliiiiPimioriH of Ihii silo will \w eivon iti tho "PNt i«>UP nf »!>»■ Jnurnal. *n nn- 

 Brti.lideiiling with iiiiprovwl l>|)«.Hof siliw. the iTfition of which is uii ler ateii hv thi- ' >e|iarniifiit. — 



ElUToll. 



ri'P, SILO AT MR I>. KKN.MIiV S lAR.M. 



It is skirted on the Miie side bv 



