UNIVERSAL PORTLAND CEMENT CO. 
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What Leading Farm Papers Say 
"It is claimed that the first silo in the United States was built in 
Michigan in 1875, but it was not until some years later that they came 
into any marked use, even in the best dairy districts. It is 
SjVcT/ncmKe ^^"^ within the last three or four years that their full practical 
and economic advantage was appreciated. The silo was gen- 
erally regarded as simply a valuable adjunct to the dairy industry, and 
its appearance as part of the farm equipment indicated the presence of 
milch cows and a progressive dairyman. The value of silage in the 
production of milk was early appreciated, but it is only within four years 
past that its full economic value in all branches of the cattle industry 
began to be understood. 
"Since 1910 experiment stations in most of the states of the central 
west have made repeated tests of silage as a feed for beef animals, as well 
as for breeding and for young animals. The results consistently show that 
such feed greatly reduces the cost of meat production, and increases the cattle 
carrying capacity of the farm. The constant advance in the price of farm 
land and the growing difficulty in profitably producing meat upon it, 
has centered general attention upon these silage feeding experiments. 
Knowledge of the favorable results quickly reached the feeding districts 
and has been acted upon. The increase in the number of silos in operation 
Homemade Concrete Block Silo on 
Stall's farm near Lansing, Michigan. 
William 
F. W. Merrill's Concrete Block Silo, built by 
owner, Kaneville, Illinois. 
