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CONCRETE SILOS 
Silage for Dairy Cows 
Winter dairying is most profitable. This is particularly true in the 
northern states, as flies and other pests are eliminated by the cold weather, 
and it is easier to keep milk cool and clean because of the weather and the 
absence of flies. In many communities not only where whole milk is pro- 
duced, but also where the milk is sold to creameries or cheese factories, 
winter dairying has been found to be most profitable if silage is fed. To 
get the largest milk flow and keep the dairy cow in the most healthy 
condition some sort of succulent food must be fed, and in some way the 
ingenuity of man must provide conditions similar to June pasture. Good 
silage practically equals this condition. 
However essential silage is in winter dairying, in summer, especially 
in August when the pastures are sunburnt and bare, the dairyman needs 
to feed it. In fact, on some farms producing certified milk, silage is fed 
the entire year, not only because it is so easily handled in the barn in com- 
parison with other feeds, but, also, because it is such a cheap feed. No 
other roughage approaches silage for low cost of storing, handling, and 
feeding. The silo increases the carrying capacity of the farm. Where 
dairy cows or other stock are fed, many more can live on the products 
of the same number of acres, by the use of the silo and silage. 
"In practically every way the Brewster place is an ideal dairy farm. 
Monolithic Silo built in 1907 on farm of L. A. Attractive Concrete Block Silo on Fred. Ludkc's 
Crawford, near Walworth, Wisconsin. farm near East Troy, Wisconsin. 
