THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL CONVENTIOIr. 153 



Mr. Spies : After milking. The care and cleanliness in 

 milking with the first hour's care in cooling have much to do 

 with the keeping quality of the milk and its fitness for food 

 afterward. 



To illustrate: In dressing pork, the animal must be well 

 bled, all animal heat cooled out to make good food. If this is 

 not done decay will soon set in; if milk is poured into a can, the 

 lid shut down while the animal heat is in it, it has a smothered 

 smell, soon decays even in cold weather. 



Member : What kind of silo do you think is best? 



Mr. Spies : The kind that we have on the Callalily Farm at 

 St. Jacobs, Illinois, it is made of a glazed tile filled with rein- 

 forced concrete 40 feet high and 14 feet in diameter. 



Member: Could you give any definite figures as to the 

 cost of constructing a silo of this kind? 



Mr. Spies: That silo cost $425.00 complete, roof and all, 

 but if I were going to build again I would make it 14 feet wide 

 and 50 feet high. 



Member: Is there no danger of that silo blowing over? 



Mr. Spies: None whatever, for it is reinforced with iron, 

 the same as smokestacks 4 feet in diameter are built 200 feet 

 high. I never heard of one blowing over. 



Member : Do you think it could be built any cheaper now ? 



Mr. Spies : Yes, I think I could build one for $350.00 now. 

 The beauty is in the strength and durability of this silo. It is 

 smooth inside and outside strong enough to hold wheat if 100 

 feet high and filled to the top. 



Mr. Jansen : When a 40 foot silo is full you have to climb 

 to the top every time you feed. 



Mr. Spies : The depth of the silo is its best feature. Years 

 ago they weighed the silage because the firmer it is packed the 

 better, now that machines blow silage high about as easy as low, 

 build it high to get the pressure. 



Mr. Jansen : I wish to say that six years ago we asked Mr. 

 Spies to come to our Effingham 'County Dairymen's meeting to 

 talk along these lines, and the people are satisfied with the re- 



