THE POLK SYSTEM 



17 



The Value of the Silo 



SILO MEANS SAVE 



HPHE silo offers a quicker and larger return on the investment 

 1 than does any other improvement that is being considered 

 by the dairy farmers and stockmen of America today. We assert 

 this without fear of contradiction because we have the judgment 

 and experience of the progressive, brainy American farmer to up- 

 hold us. We have boiled down a great mass of facts here for your 



convenience and enlighten- 

 ment. Our authority for 

 the following statement 

 consists of the experiments 

 of Agricultural Schools and 

 Stations and of the personal 

 experiences of advancing, 

 broad-minded farmers. We 

 have no desire to burden 

 your mind with rows of facts 

 and figures that confuse you 

 and make your head swim. 

 We want to give you in 

 tabloid form some informa- 

 tion about the value of the 

 silo. Here it is: 



Lewis McNutt's monolithic silo, Brazil, inu., 

 showing cutter and blower in position ready 

 for filling. 



Notice That Every Fact Cited 

 Means a Saving. 



1. THE SILO REDUCES THE COST OF PRODUCTION, (a). The cost 

 of feed is reduced one-half. Chemists who have examined fodder 

 as it goes in the shock and as it is when ready to be fed later in 

 the winter find that often only half of the original nutriment re- 

 mains. The weather and the air have made way with one-half of 

 your feed. The Silo does not retain all of the food value, but the 



"They are not built of pieces and they 

 cannot go to ot'eces. 



