THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL CONVENTION 75 



clay I filled it first and I cannot see why it will not last another 

 ten years. For fear there might be some one in the audi- 

 ence that would like to build a silo of their own I will tell you 

 how I built mine. 



It is built of Washington fir 2x6, 30 feet long and in order 

 to give it strength there are five 6x6, equal distances apart in it 

 which sets flush on the inside with the 2x6's. The hoops only go 

 from one of these 6x6 to the other and go through the 6x6 with 

 a nut on either end. This makes my hoops only about 12 feet 

 which sets flush on the inside with the 2x6. The hoops only go 

 when the silo dries out nor can the staves fall clown. It cost me 

 $187.00 at the time I built it. 



I have tried to tell you the same kind of a story that I told 

 you when I was here before. You cannot build it as cheaply 

 today on account of the advance of lumber, but I believe it can 

 be built for $250.00. My silo is supposed to hold 175 tons, but 

 we have weighed a dozen loads several times during the filling 

 of it, and I always find I can put in 200 tons. When I built my 

 silo I painted it on the outside and tarred it on the inside, and 

 it has only had one coat of paint since. As to the filling of it: 

 We co-operate with our neighbors at this time, and we have less 

 trouble today on our farms getting hired help than we formerly 

 did ; in fact we have no trouble whatever. I have had one man 

 three years. After you get down to the idea that milking the 

 cow is a part of the day's work and not to be done after the 

 day's work is done, you will have no trouble either. You must 

 realize that you have got to compete with factories in the cities 

 where, a certain number of hours' work are required and you 

 must as near as possible have the same conditions on the farm. 

 You have got to get this idea out of your head that you can work 

 a man all day in the fields and then have him milk afterwards. 

 We do not have him work any longer in the field than he would 

 in a factory, and they like it; in fact would rather work on the 

 dairy farm than in the cities. 



I do not know what further I can say. I do not want to 

 stand before you and make a big statement that this silage busi- 

 ness is a cure-all for everything, but I do want to say this to you, 



