10 INTRODUCTION. 



earn for its owner money to build another, and enlarge 

 his herd. 



We shall give directions for building several kinds 

 of such silos on the following pages. While they will 

 not be apt to last as long, and therefore are not perhaps 

 as economical in the long run as more substantially-built 

 silos, still they do excellent service until some experience 

 with making and feeding silage has been obtained, or 

 until the farmer can afford to put up a more substantial 

 structure. 



We mention this fact here to show farmers who may 

 be considering the matter of building a silo, or who may 

 be inclined to think that the silo is an expensive luxury, 

 only for rich farmers, that the cost of a silo need not 

 debar them from the advantages of having one on their 

 farm, and thus secure a uniform succulent feed for their 

 stock through the whole winter. Farmers who have not 

 as yet informed themselves in regard to the value of the 

 silo and silage on dairy or stock farms, are respectfully 

 asked to read carefully the following statements of the 

 advantages of the silo system over other methods of pre- 

 serving green forage for winter or summer feeding. 



It has been said that "Whoever makes two blades of 

 grass grow where but one grew before is a benefactor 

 to mankind." A silo makes it possible to keep "two cows 

 where but one was kept before, and who would not gladly 

 double his income? Does not this interest you? 



