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done upon the farm. It can be put up econom- 

 ically and without exposure to severe weather. 

 It utilizes a by-product, the corn stalk, usually 

 wasted upon the farm. The food the silo makes 

 can be fed with little labor and without waste if 

 proper care is taken in building the silo and in 

 filling same, and this food is ready for use at the 

 most favorable time for feeding. 



The silo should be well built upon a most sub- 

 stantial foundation and of the best material. It 

 ought not to be constructed of wood because the 

 wood silo requires care and watchfulness in the 

 summer time to keep it from going to staves, is 

 easily blown over by winds and storms, and re- 

 quires painting. 



The silo should be attractively built, as such a 

 silo adds much to the looks of the farm premises, 

 which we have tried to emphasize as being one of 

 the essential things of the business of farming. 



The material for filling the silo should be put 

 into it in the right manner, which is but the simple 

 process of keeping the material level and each 

 layer well packed in all its parts, in the process of 

 filling the silo. 



STANDARDIZATION. 



Standardization upon the farm means the classi- 

 fying of the different farm products produced 

 upon the farm with the different classes of quality 

 which may be established by custom and dictation 

 of trade and commerce or general consent. 



Wheat, corn, oats and other grains are stand- 

 ardized into classes or grades of quality and the 

 same is true of every farm product. In fixing 



