ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 1g3 



not to sell their breeding females in diseriminately. There is no sale for 

 well bred males, very little sale, and the breeders of cur great breeding 

 herds are compelled to breed for their males. I was not in a barn yet where 

 I could not recommend the destruction of a few of thosp males, but the 

 breeder cannot afford to do this as he cannot sell his females. 



Mr. Latimer: In reference to selling our males the trouble is to find 

 the buyer. They want to buy too cheap. Have sold some cattle within 

 the last few days, and the gentlemen bought the highest price female that 

 was sold all January; at least, he^b ought the highest priced one I had, but 

 he bought the cheapest bull that 7 priced him. 



THE SILO AND SILAGE OF TODAY. 



PROF. C. S. PLUMB, LAFAYETTE, IND. 



Before taking up this subject, I want to state it is with a good deal 

 of pleasure I find myself here. As one who has been intimately identified 

 with the past history of the Indiana Dairy Association, it is a pleasure 

 to me to come in contact with members of your own association. Mr. 

 Monard has been with us several times, also Prof. Farrington and Prof, 

 Fraser. I have kept in touch with your association, although having 

 never been here before. I am interested in your association; it is one of 

 the oldest in the United States. I think the oldest dairy association in 

 America was in Northern Illinois, "The Northwestern Dairymen's Asso- 

 ciation," and naturally, on comin g from a state that has miuch to learn 

 about dairying, will be interested in coming to an association like this. 

 I feel very much pleased to be here with you today. 



I shall talk on the "Silo and Silage of Today," which is a little differ- 

 ent from "recent ideas" in the way I have construed it. 



Since the appearance of Goffavt's and Bailey's books on "ensilage" 

 in 1879 and 18S0, now 20 years ago, thousands of farmers have built silos, 



