180 THE BUSINESS OF FAKMING 



inate the landscapes of the business of farming. 

 An idle dream, do yon say? It was so said of the 

 improved harvester and the farm tractor. But 

 the dreams came true and the business of farming 

 was bettered, and the weary toil of binding wheat 

 by hand and following the two horse plow, that 

 drove thousands of us from the farm, is no longer 

 a part of our farm economy. Therefore, for im- 

 proved farm machinery to be an aid to the busi- 

 ness of farming it must be supplemented with wise 

 methods of soil building or fertility maintenance. 



THE SILO. 



We have already said something about the silo 

 on the farm. When its merits are more fully un- 

 derstood no farm will be without one or more of 

 them. 



The best time to feed stock for best results is 

 in the winter season. The cold stimulates their 

 appetites, there is not the insect pest that summer 

 season begets, nor heat to annoy and take off fat. 

 In fine, the winter season is the most favorable 

 time for animal life upon the farm. If this can 

 then be supplemented with feed that is cheap, ap- 

 petizing, fattening and healthful, which will 

 produce milk in abundance, and which can be pro- 

 cured largely from the utilization of some of the 

 by-products of the farm, at the least labor and can 

 be fed with little labor and waste, we have the 

 ideal combination for successful stock production 

 with its allied products. 



All this can be done by the use of the silo. The 

 crop chiefly used for filling the silo is ready for 

 use at a time when there is no rush work to be 



