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CONCRETE SILOS 
purposes. Good silage fed in moderate quantity in connection with grain 
and some dry roughage makes a very satisfactory ration for any class of 
cattle. 
"It would not pay to build a silo for hog feeding only, because the hog 
is not able to handle a large quantity of bulky feed. The stomach of the 
hog is small and they must be supplied with a large proportion of concen- 
trated material like cofti, wheat, shorts, etc. For best results in fattening 
hogs, it would be impractical to have the ration more than one-fifth bulky 
feed. Brood sows which have their growth can, of course, take a much 
larger quantity of such feed. For this reason it would not be profitable 
to give fattening hogs more than a small quantity of silage, not to exceed 
one pound per day to a 200-pound fattening hog. A brood sow weighing 
300 pounds could use to advantage double that quantity. If you have 
enough cattle on the farm to make a silo worth while, it will no doubt 
pay to feed a small quantity each day to the hogs, otherwise not." — The 
Farmer, Saint Paul. 
Pea vines, once considered waste products, have been used very suc- 
cessfully in making silage and in fact this method is of benefit, as proved 
by the following extract from Hoard's Dairyman: 
"Pea blight is said to be due to a parasite fungus that winters on the 
a Bli ht t^^aX. it can be prevented by the simple expedient of 
ensiling the vines and feeding them to the cattle." — Hoard's 
Dairyman, Ft. Atkinson. 
No trouble about concrete block silos standing 
when empty. H. M. Ashfy of Geneva, Iowa, 
owns the silo illustrated above; built by G. C. 
Harvey of Geneva. 
Although empty, the concrete block silo of Dr. 
H. W. Tuttle of Adrian, Missouri, successfully 
resisted a cyclone which destroyed all surround- 
ing buildings. 
