THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL CONVENTION 81 



Member : Is it not better to feed after milking ? 



President : I feed before I milk. The first winter I had my 

 silo I was shipping in to Chicago parties and I fed before I 

 milked. This man said I was shipping the best milk I had ever 

 shipped and he did not know that I had a silo. We have silos 

 that hold eight hundred tons and we fill them with our own help, 

 we can put a load in from six to eight minutes. We use our own 

 corn binder. 



Member : Can you cut enough corn with one machine ? 



President : We do, we do not hurry, we give it time to set- 

 tle. I have had these silos five years and I have fed ensilage 

 every day in the year, three times in Winter and twice in Sum- 

 mer. One Winter one of our silos we never had open, but this 

 Winter we are lower than we have ever been before; this is a 

 good way to harvest your crop, it is all consumed. We ought to 

 grow more alfalfa. I believe you can grow it anywhere if you 

 stick to it and get your land in the right condition. 



Member : Has any one had any experience with the Germer 

 silo? 



Member: I have had one for six or eight years and it is 

 just as good today as the first day I had it. I have a number 

 of hoops made of three thicknesses. 



President : I want to emphasize all that Mr. Shilling said, 

 you cannot have too many silos. 



Mr. Newman : One of the gentlemen spoke about not 

 being able to get a good stand, if that is so it is not sweet clover, 

 wherever that grows you can get alfalfa. 



Member : It grows successfully where it is inoculated with 

 limestone. 



President : I do not think any one can afford to keep 

 stock without a silo. 



