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storage room. Ten tons of silage occupies the same space that one 

 ton of hay does. (e). The food supply is constant. With the right 

 kind of a silo there is no fear of fire, flood, drouth, lightning nor 

 wind. 



A careful reading and a brief review of the foregoing will con- 

 vince you that the most extravagant farmer in the business to-day 

 ir, the one who is trying to get along without a silo. Ask yourself 

 if, in the coming days of closer competition, you can stand up 



against your progressive 

 neighbor who is producing 

 the same goods that you 

 produce at one-half of your 

 cost of production. Be one 

 of those progressive neigh- 

 bors yourself and let the 

 other fellows wonder where 

 you get the money to keep 

 your farm so well stocked 

 and equipped, and your 

 buildings in such good shape. 

 Let him wonder how you 

 can afford to pay cash for 

 your fine touring car. As 

 any business grows and iu- 

 tensifies, as competition 

 becomes fiercer, there is al- 

 ways a struggle for a de- 

 decreased cost of production 

 and the man who solves the 

 problem first is the man who makes the money. The silo solves the 

 problem for the man who feeds stock. 



C. A. Baber's Monolithic Silo, LaFox, Illinois. Diam- 

 eter 18 feet, height 45 feet. Polk System. W. H. 

 Warford, Geneva, Illinois, Contractor. 



"They ore not built of piece* and they 

 cnnnot go to piece*." 



