1913. 
TI-ILD KUKAL NKW-YORKER 
1311 
A FARMER’S POWER OUTFIT. 
Regarding the picture of silo, etc., 
shown at Fig. 514, my cousin, H. E. 
Robinson, and also myself, each have 
silos, and were dependent upon hiring 
someone who had the machinery to fill 
our silos at such a time as we might be 
able to get them. On two or three occa¬ 
sions our corn was cut down and lying 
on the ground and nearly spoiled waiting 
for the “corn-cutters” to come, so we de¬ 
cided to have an outfit of our own, and 
then we could cut our silage when we 
got ready. I bought a nine horse-power 
portable gas or gasoline engine, and he 
bought a medium-sized blower, and it 
makes a very satisfactory combination. 
We can fill our silos when we get ready, 
and also fill a number of others in the 
neighborhood. Of course this is not an 
outfit of the largest capacity, but plenty 
large enough for our use, and we notice 
that where we work the men who handle 
the corn are ready to quit when quitting 
time comes. 
We can fill a 12x24 foot silo in a day 
ordinarily. This is about the common- 
sized silo for a dairy of 10 or 12 or 14 
cows, and takes about five or six acres 
of corn ordinarily to fill it. About 10 
gallons of gasoline will run engine a day, 
and has cost generally IS to 20 cents 
per gallon, but is somewhat higher now. 
We get $1 per hour for cutting, and both 
of us go with machine; the farmer furn¬ 
ishes the gasoline. We have calls to do 
over several days, which permitted the 
silage to settle as the job was going on, 
and allowed us to get more in the silo. 
We feed to each milch cow from 30 to 
35 pounds with a mixture of cotton-seed, 
oats and corn, which is eaten up so clean 
that it would be difficult to tell by look¬ 
ing at the manger what they had been 
fed. Of course we did not feed a full silo 
to the seven head of stock. The two 
previous seasons the silo was only part¬ 
ly filled. This season it is full. We ex¬ 
pect to keep more cows, limiting the num¬ 
ber by the amount of silage and hay, 
clover and cow peas, we can grow. I 
am sure we can keep two cows with the 
silo where one could be kept without it. 
Washington Co., O. A. S. PHELPS. 
WEIGHT OF FARM HORSES. 
What is the correct size and weight 
of a team of horses to run a South Jer¬ 
sey farm of 50 acres? H. L. 
Cologne, N. J. 
There is no fixed rule that would apply 
in the selection of a pair of horses to be 
used on a South Jersey farm, for the 
value of a horse does not depend upon his 
size and weight, but more upon his in¬ 
dividuality and adaptation to do to the 
greatest advantage the particular kind of 
work that exists on this farm with the 
greatest ease. Generally speaking the 
popular weight varies from 1,250 pounds 
to 1,450 pounds, depending, of course, 
upon the particular type of farming that 
FILLING OUTFIT FOR MEDIUM SIZED SILO. Fig. 514. 
more jobs than we really like to do, 
for we both work our own _farms and 
think there is more in it for us to stay 
at home and look after our own work, 
rather than be running around the coun¬ 
try working for someone else. Yet we 
do it more for the accommodation of our 
friends and neighbors than the money in 
it. I might add that Pride of the North 
and Lake Erie dent are the principal 
kinds of corn used here for silage*; some 
farmers mix in some native or State 
flint corn to get more matured ears. 
Andover, N. Y. c. A. r. 
A SMALL OHIO SILO. 
On page 1166 is some valuable in¬ 
formation about the silo. As our exper¬ 
ience is somewhat different I am prompt¬ 
ed to add a little testimony to the many 
advantages of the silo. Ours is 10x26 
with two feet underground, made of 
two-inch chestnut cut on the farm and 
matched at the nearest planing mill, so 
the money cost was limited to saw and 
planing bill plus the cost of 10 iron 
hoops, 6%-ineh and 4%-inch. The boys 
and I did all the work of hauling and 
setting up. We keep six or seven grown 
animals, usually one or more calves, and 
think a silo pays well for this number. 
All stock on the place is fond of silage. 
We expect to build another, probably 
eight feet in diameter, to furnish feed 
later in Spring and to tide over the dry 
Summer spells. We have been feeding 
from the field in Summer hut I am sure 
the silo would be much better, especially 
as a matter of economy in labor. We 
think the silo is the most economical way 
of handling the corn crop. We have our 
own cutter, which is a small one with a 
30-foot home-made carrier, and six-horse 
gasoline engine. With this outfit myself 
and three boys of 12, 16 and IS years 
tilled the silo in IS hours steady running, 
at an actual money cost of $1.40, the 
cost of seven gallons gasoline. The ma¬ 
chine was idle a greater part of the time, 
"bile cutting and hauling in from the 
field. This extended the time of filling 
is desired to follow. In case potatoes 
are grown extensively there would be 
considerable heavy machinery to be used, 
and animals possessing weight can trans¬ 
port such implements with the greatest 
ease. On the other hand if only one 
team is used and the work varies from 
medium-light to moderately-heavy work, 
a useful weight would be 1,350 pounds 
in working condition. The deep-bodied, 
short-legged, quality type of animal is 
undoubtedly the most popular type of 
animal to utilize for general farm pur¬ 
poses, especially on a small farm where 
the variety of work to be accomplished 
is greater than exists where it is possi¬ 
ble to let the heavier teams do the harder 
work, and the lighter weight animals the 
lighter farm and road work. In my 
judgment your inquirer should first de¬ 
termine if possible the kind of w r ork that 
would be required of such a team to the 
greatest extent, and buy the type Af ani¬ 
mal that is especially adapted for such 
use. Weight and quality are essential 
points to consider in a farm horse, and 
in case an animal possessing these char¬ 
acteristics cannot perform the work at 
hand with ease he can be readily sold 
without loss, which is not always the 
case where lighter animals are selected 
lacking these points of excellence that fix 
market values. F. c. at. 
Injury To Cow’s Tongue. —The ex¬ 
perience Edward Wills had with his cow 
losing part of her tongue, mentioned by 
Mr. Nichols (page 1216), is outclassed 
by my own in probably two ways. First, 
it was done two years ago; second, the 
cow is still living, apparently as well as 
ever. The cow was licking through the 
partition between the stall when the 
horse took off about two inches of her 
tongue. She couldn’t graze for several 
days, but after eating concentrates for 
some time was soon at it as well as ever. 
What beats me is that the veterinarian 
had Wills’ cow killed. Better be his own 
veterinarian next time. H. M. u. 
FY>rest Depot, Vn. 
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they are always quick to see the advantages 
and real economy of a 
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