1909. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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CEMENT BLOCK SILOS. 
Several readers Lave asked about 
silos made of cement blocks. The Iowa 
Experiment Station (Ames) has issued 
a very interesting bulletin on silos in 
which are printed pictures of a dozen 
different types of silos. The follow¬ 
ing statement is made regarding ce¬ 
ment blocks: 
Fig. 24 shows a silo constructed of 
cement or concrete blocks. This type 
of silo is very satisfactory if the blocks 
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A CONCRETE BLOCK SILO. Fig. 24. 
are well made and plenty of steel lias 
been provided in the wall for resisting 
the bursting pressure of the silage. 
\\ here silos of this construction have 
failed, this has not been the case. Fig. 
25 shows a convenient block with a 
groove in the top in which the bands 
of reinforcement are imbedded. It 
A CONCRETE SILO BLOCK. Fig. 25. 
is necessary to plaster the inside of 
the silo to make it water and airtight. 
The block silo has the advantage over 
solid wall concrete silos in that forms, 
outside of the block mold, are dis¬ 
pensed with. The block is made hol¬ 
low, thus providing against freezing. 
The cost of the concrete block wall is 
usually somewhat higher than the solid 
or monolithic wall owing to the fact 
that as large aggregate or gravel can¬ 
not be used._ 
THE SCALE AND APPLE VARIETIES. 
I will give you my experience. I have 
a block of apple trees covering six 
acres, numbering about 300 trees, com¬ 
posed of Baldwins, Spys, Kings, Graven- 
steins, Hubbardstons and Sweets. This 
orchard is 30 years old and the limbs 
in many places intermingle. In the 
Summer of 1907 I found the Hubbard¬ 
stons, Baldwins and Sweets were in¬ 
fested with San Jose scale. As soon as 
the apples were gathered (and the or¬ 
chard bore over 1.000 barrels of No. 
1 apples), I sprayed with lime-sulphur 
wash as soon as the leaves fell, and 
again in the Spring of 190S. This year 
the spraying checked the scale, but the 
Baldwins, Hubbardstons and Sweets still 
showed signs of the scale, while the 
Spys, Kings and Gravensteins showed 
no signs of the pest. I am satisfied 
the San Jose scale does not flourish on 
these varieties. s. T. w. 
Manchester, N. H. 
In this section the English Russet 
apple seems to be practically immune 
to the San Jose scale. The Gravenstein 
and the Gilliflower or Sheepnose have 
not been much injured. The Ben Davis 
has been killed very badly. The Green¬ 
ing and Baldwin have both been in¬ 
jured considerably, especially the form¬ 
er. During the last two years the scale 
has not been nearly as injurious as it 
was before. g. c. f. 
Port Chester, N. Y. 
THE POSTAL SERVICE “DON’T PAY.” 
On page 958 I find an item giving some 
information about the Post Office Depart¬ 
ment, and mentioning a deficit of nearly 
$17,000,000. The gist of the item Is that 
the Post Office service is not financially a 
paying service, or briefly, the mail business 
“don't pay.” it reminds me of the oft-heard 
assertion that “farmin’ don’t pay,” and I 
think the figuring to prove the two asser¬ 
tions is along the same line. The farmer 
who says “farmin’ don't pay” usually gives 
no credit to the farm for the share con¬ 
sumed in living, or for rent of house, or 
for fuel to keep the house warm, and be¬ 
cause lie does not make wages above those 
items he says “farmin’ don’t pay.” In 
most cases the man would he worse off 
financially if he worked for wages, and, 
out of those wages, had to pay for those 
things which he gets from the farm with¬ 
out giving the farm credit for them. So 
with Fncle Sam. He carries over the coun¬ 
try many, many, many tons of mail matter 
for the accommodation of himself and the 
servants he employs: and, if I am rightly 
informed, gives no credit to the Post Office 
Department for such service. I think if 
the carrying of all mall matter now sent 
free was accounted for by stamps at the 
regular rates, the Post Office Department, 
instead of showing a deficit, would show 
a fair profit. 
It is not reasonable to expect a service 
which was primarily established for na¬ 
tional service at national expense, and 
which at the present time does a gigantic 
service for the National Government, to be 
expected to pay all the expenses incurred 
from fees for incidental service for other 
parties. If Congress would make a law 
that all mail matter should bear stamps 
alike to cover cost of carrying in the man, 
and the value of those stamps should be 
checked to the Department or individuals 
who used them (some Congressmen might 
he less free with the frank privilege if 
account was kept of its use), it might les¬ 
sen to some extent the volume of mail 
matter, and also would show I think that 
the Post Office Department does not show 
a deficit. Separate the cost of National 
mail service from the cost of public mail 
service and it will appear that the Post 
Office receives more from the public than it 
expends for public service. Then it will 
not he said. “Postal service don’t pay.” 
Massachusetts. m. morse. 
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slope or hillside. 
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This Paper Endorses Concrete Construction 
The Editor has again and again advised you to use concrete 
in place of wood or brick. Have you followed his advice 
The progressive and far-sighted farmer no longer builds with a material 
that in a few years will need repairing, painting and replacing. He studies 
the new methods and materials for building as he studies the new methods 
of cultivation; and he selects those most suited to his needs. 
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