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CONCRETE SILOS 
"That was one of the sights of the International — Brother Leo and his 
fat bullocks. Last year, at the same show, he secured them when they were 
the prize yearlings in the feeder class. He took them to the 
s''^ r5 wfn at S^eat farm at Notre Dame University and fed them. They had 
"Inter- ' silage all summer long and never a bite of grass, for Brother Leo 
national" is seeking production of prime beeves. With the silage they had 
grains, of course. The result is astonishing. The cattle have 
taken on flesh, width, rotundity; they are splendid bullocks, provoking 
wonder and smiles." — Editorial from Breeder's Gazette, Chicago. 
"One week last spring I visited the Old Cattleman to look at the 
new crop of calves. 
Baby Beef " 'j j^q^ g]^^^^ Qjpf i]^^ silage altogether until the grass is a 
Safest System little solider and not so washy,' explained the Old Cattleman. 
for Corn Belt ' It makes a little bulk with which to feed the cottonseed meal 
to the cows. They and the yearlings get just enough of it each 
day so that none of it spoils. They eat it even on the best of June grass, at 
least they did last year! It is cheaper than the grass, so why not feed it ? 
" T wean the calves in the fall. Sometimes they are only a bit over 
five months old. Sometimes they're as much as eight months or better. 
They're eating grain when they're weaned and I get 'em on full feed 
as soon as I safely can. They get shelled corn, oats, oilmeal, clover hay, 
alfalfa, silage, a little bran and sometimes a bit of molasses. I'd rather 
Arcady Certified Milk Barn, Lake Forest, Illinois, showing litter carriers and two of six concrete silos. 
