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THE RURAb NEW-YORkER 
February 1, 
Silo Filling Outfits. 
I notice on page 46 is an inquiry about 
filling silo with gasoline engine, and as I 
have had six years’ experience in that line 
maybe I can tell F. Z. something about it.' I 
have a five to seven horse-power engine 
and a silage cutter with 13-inch knives 
and 40 feet of carrier, which will fill my 
silo. 12x26, in about one day with enough 
help to keep the machine running steadily. 
Last year 1 had only two acres of silage 
corn and ran that through in one day 
with one team, two men and a boy, but 
the silo was only about half full. I would 
not advise anyone to get less than five 
horse-power, and a larger engine would 
give better satisfaction and not wear out 
as quickly, although my engine runs as 
well as it did six years ago. It takes 
from five to six gallons of gasoline to run 
the engine all day filling silo or grinding 
feed, but on some light work it will run 
all day on two or three gallons when run 
slow. The outfit cost as follows: Engine, 
.$275; silage cutter, $28; carrier, $37. and 
43 feet of belt, about $6, all of which are 
in good condition after six years. 1 have 
plenty of calls to go out and fill other 
silos, but it is a very busy time. 
Byron, N. Y. ' n. r. d. z. 
In answer to F. Z. in regard to the use 
of gasoline engine for filling silo, would 
state that I have had several years’ ex¬ 
perience in silo filling, and my experience 
has taught me that a gasoline engine is 
superior to steam for that purpose. For 
instance, when an extra large bundle or 
sometimes two at a time go through the 
cutter, as often happens, the two large 
balance wheels on engine carry or hold 
the speed for the few critical moments, 
whereas the steam power has nothing but 
the steady pressure; the result is a plugged 
pipe. As for size, an eight or 10 horse¬ 
power for individual use is - sufficient, but 
for custom, more power would be neces¬ 
sary. For cutter, use a blower by all 
means, as it insures quicker work and 
neater. The size of cutter should eorre- 
: pond with power used. The style of cut¬ 
ter should be one with the knives on same 
wheel with fans. The cost of such outfit 
as described would cost somewhere be¬ 
tween $500 to $650, according to make. 
An outfit can be purchased at a wide 
range of prices, but it pays to get the 
best, the cost is a little more at first, 
but cheapest in the end. This rule applies 
especially to machinery. The life of an 
outfit depends on the operator, there are 
a thousand and one little things to be 
looked after constantly, and if looked after 
properly a machine should last several 
years. I fill several silos every year, and 
never allow anyone to operate it but 
myself. The average help mean well 
enough but haven’t the intense interest and 
anxiety of the one who has his money in¬ 
volved. l.'j. 
Arlington, N. Y. 
I notice an inquiry on page 46 in re¬ 
gard to filling silo with gasoline engine. 
I think it is a well-established fact that 
gasoline is the only practical power for 
the farm, but in filling silos with a blower 
almost every man makes the same mis¬ 
take ; they hpy too small an engine. It 
is a rush part of the season, and men 
with corn to cut like to get it done in 
a hurry, and they like to see the corn go 
through as fast as they can throw it off. 
For our own use we have a No. 50 blower, 
which is the medium size, and 14 horse¬ 
power gasoline engine. While we can cut 
a lot of corn in a day, the engine is not 
able to run the blower anywhere near its 
capacity. We should have at least 18 
horse-power, and 20 would be better. Any 
machine that uses wind, as a blower does, 
consumes far more power than the average 
man is aware of. To run our blower at 
the required speed of 900, consumes at 
least eight horse-power when the machine 
is running empty, which should have at 
least three horse-power more added when 
the corn commences to go up. This leaves 
but three horse-power to cut the corn, 
which is nowhere near enough. The peo¬ 
ple who make and those who sell blowers 
rarely tell the real power required to 
operate them; if they did it would hurt 
their sales. The same with the man who 
sells the engine, he usually over-estimates 
the energy of the engine, or under-esti¬ 
mates the power actually required to oper¬ 
ate the blower to its capacity. Of course 
if time is of no consequence one can buy 
a baby machine and after a time get his 
silo filled, but if you want to do real 
business get an engine large enough so that 
you will have a slight margin of power to 
spare. This outfit cost $835 complete, and 
will elevate corn into any silo. f. t. 
Madison Co., N. Y. 
DAIRYING IN MICHIGAN. 
According to Prof. Anderson of the Mich¬ 
igan Agricultural College, Michigan, has the 
greatest opportunity of any State to de¬ 
velop her dairy possibilities. Prof. Ander¬ 
son said : 
“Just following the Civil War a man ad¬ 
vertised widely for a cow that would pro¬ 
duce 50 pounds of milk a day, and no one 
responded. Today it is not uncommon for 
a cow to produce twice that amount. A 
half century ago there was hardly a cheese 
factory or a creamery in the United States. 
The present dairy industry has evolved into 
its present proportions since that time. If 
we will study crop production we will find 
that certain areas of the world have been 
devoted to specific products, for example, 
cotton growing was limited to a certain 
section, fruit growing sections are small and 
comparatively restricted. Corn is produced 
nearly all over the United States, yet as a 
commercial proposition it can be produced 
profitably only in comparatively restricted 
areas. The States that are loading in the 
number of creameries are Wisconsin, with 
about 1000 to her credit, Minnesota, New 
York, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Cali- 
fox-nia, Illinois and Washington. Over 50 
per cent of the creameries of Canada are 
located in Ontario. One-thii’d the butter 
interests of the United States are found in 
the two States west of Michigan and the 
State east of Michigan. Three-fourths of 
the creameries in the United States are 
north of a line drawn east and west from 
the southern boundary of Michigan. The 
control of the butter business of the United 
States is in the hands of the States of 
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and New 
York. 
"Turning to cheese factories, Wisconsin 
also takes the lead with about 1800, New 
York about 1000, Michigan a quarter this 
number, followed by Ohio, California and 
Pennsylvania. Three States, Wisconsin, 
Michigan and New York, have over three- 
fourths of the cheese factories of the United 
States, and adding Ontario, lying between 
New York and Michigan, would give even 
more striking figures. So, Wisconsin, Mich¬ 
igan and New York control the cheese situa¬ 
tion. Over 87 per cent of the cheese fac¬ 
tories in the United States are north of the 
line of which our southern boundary is a 
part. Of the dairy cattle in the United 
States, which numbers about 22,000,000, 
New York has about two million ; Wisconsin 
a little over a million and a half, Minne¬ 
sota next and Michigan close to the million 
mark. Over one-half the dairy cows of the 
United States are farther north than the 
southern boundary of Michigan, and one- 
fourth the total number are located in 
Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and New 
York.” 
The number of dairy cows, and the 
amount of milk produced in these States 
compared with others, is out of proportion. 
The reason is that the people of this sec¬ 
tion are devoting their attention to the 
matter of dairying. They have developed 
a better dairy cow. So with one-half the 
cows, this section is producing over 80 per 
cent of the butter and cheese of the United 
States and is supplying 10 large conden- 
series and furnishing a larger amount of 
milk to its cities than any other section. 
Michigan is the least developed, considering 
its latent possibilities. As we come to 
study the economy of food production, we 
will find that the dairy cow is the most 
economical producer of food. A dairy cow 
fed the same amount as a steer, will pro¬ 
duce six times as much nitrogenous food, 
and there are many reasons why the dairy 
cow will be the last of our domestic ani¬ 
mals to go. 
“I would not advise any man to go into 
the dairy business just because he thinks 
he can make money, but I want to say 
this, success in dairying inquires three 
things, a good man, a good cow, and good 
feed. These three features are extremely 
Important in the dairy business. Oliver 
Wendell Ilolmes said if he was going to 
form a boy, he would begin back three 
generations, and this is true in developing 
a dairy cow. As an example of the effi¬ 
ciency of this doctrine, the people of the 
Island of Jersey, which is only as large 
as a township and a half in Michigan, 
for generations devoted their efforts to im¬ 
provement in dairy cattle. The year George 
Washington became President, they passed 
a regulation that no cattle should be im¬ 
ported except for the purpose of slaughter, 
and this to be done within 24 hours. They 
have bred along correct lines and have 
practiced selection with a view to an end. 
They were supplying butter to the London 
market, and they necessarily selected cows 
of long lactation period, and cows that had 
a large per cent of butter fat which was 
readily available. With this in view they 
carefully selected their cattle. There is an¬ 
other example, and that the Island of 
Guernsey, which is only half the size of a 
township in Michigan. Other sections have 
developed their characteristic types. 
“Michigan farmers are feeding pretty 
wastefully. The time will come when 
much of the waste will be converted into 
milk, and in turn will go to build up soil 
fertility. The Michigan farmer, or the 
farmer located anywhere will find it more 
profitable to have his cows freshen in No¬ 
vember. Should they freshen in the Spring, 
the milk giving impulse is stimulated by the 
green grass feeding, then comes the hot 
weather and flies and she naturally falls 
off. If she freshens in November, and is 
fed silage, the milk-giving impulse will 
carry her through the Winter, then the 
green grass will revive her milk flow until 
along in the middle of the Summer, and 
that is the time she should have her rest.” 
WALTER JACIi. 
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