ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 2 OJ 



sunken silo? Can't you fill with a carrier cheaper than shovel it out of 

 a basement; it is better above ground? 



A: — Yes, sir, rather have it above. With our silos, if we wanted to 

 increase our capacity and hadn't a place to put the silo, it would be bet- 

 ter to go into the ground than to put a silo where it would be unhandy to 

 feed the cows. It is a big job, though, to get it out. 



President: — Four or five feet wouldn't be bad? 



A: — No, sir, not that mucn. 



Mr. Wentworth: — Q: — I think it is the hardest job on the farm. You 

 can't do any work that will work up more> of a sweat. 



SOME CAUSES FOR DECLINE OF DAIRYING 



BY E. M. WENTWORTH,. DAVENPORT, IA. 



Mr. President and Gentlemen: 



I think it would be a good deal more profitable for this discussion to 

 go on on the part of Mr. Cobb with the value of silos and the ensilage 

 than it would to listen to the few ideas on the decline of dairying in 

 Iowa. I have been to various conventions and listened to Mr. Cobb and 

 every time I get some new ideas from him on the ensilage question. I 

 thought I knew all about it. Our first silo wasl about ten feet below the 

 barn floor, and I know what it is to get it out from that depth and would 

 not have* one built two feet below the surface of the ground, provided I 

 could get the money to put it up where it belongs. I think everything 

 should go up in the air. 



I was amused to hear Mr. Cobb tell about his children on his farm, 

 and it reminded me of a story from DesMoines. We have a custom of 

 having our school teachers meet during the holiday season, and a couple 

 of these young ladies who are graduates and who had not met for twelve 



