August 14, 1915. 
the: rural ne:w-YORKER 
1023 
The Silo 
Blue Ridge Silo Corn. 
In a recent number of The R. N.-Y. 
John Gould spoke of the Blue Ridge sil¬ 
age corn and its great popularity with 
the silo men of his State. What is it 
and where grown? a. b. l. 
This Blue Ridge corn which has at¬ 
tained such popularity in Northern Ohio 
is a mountain-grown corn, whch seems to 
have attained its perfect growth in the 
Blue Ridge section of Virginia, and its 
fame especially from Albermarle County. 
This corn must be distinguished from the 
like variety grown on the low and tide¬ 
water sections. This mountain corn 
grown on the hilltops of the Ridge quite 
2,000 feet above the sea, is a rapid grow¬ 
er, heavy foliage, strong in ear bearing, 
and here in Ohio, is ready for the silo in 
110 to 120 days. It is remarkable in 
the quality and vitality of its seed. One 
who has once planted this variety will 
take no other if possible to avoid it. It 
grows rather tall, is well braced, and cut 
with the binders without difficulty. While 
when planted here it exhibits such desir¬ 
able qualities, and matures its grain, it 
needs Virginia seed each year, as its 
seed grain raised here, produces a most 
indifferent crop with faint resemblance to 
the parent. j. G. 
Silo of Paving Brick. 
Would the following plan for a silo 
prove a success? I think of using pav¬ 
ing brick five inches wide, laying two 
courses, making an 11-inch wall; using a 
hoop of barb wire laid in the cement every 
third or fourth course and also using cor¬ 
rugated ties. Would a solid wall be bet¬ 
ter than an air space of 1% inch be¬ 
tween the bricks? B. A. H. 
Madison, O. 
There are no very serious objections 
in building a silo of large paving brick 
if laid up with strong Portland cement 
mortar. Possibly you would better, in 
place of barb wire hoops to strengthen 
the walls, use the twisted steel ties es¬ 
pecially made to reinforce cement walls. 
It would be best to have the manhole 
frames made of southern pine mill stuff, 
and as the walls go up, set them in, so 
that the cement will make a close air¬ 
tight union. In Northern Ohio the Win¬ 
ters are not severe enough to warrant 
building double walls to provide an air 
space, and a double wall would not be as 
strong as a solid one. In laying the 
brick, see that there are no spaces any¬ 
where between the bricks not filled with 
the cement. The main question is, wheth¬ 
er you can build this silo cheaper than 
you can get a glazed hollow brick one 
erected by the manufacturers, and war¬ 
ranted in every respect. j. G. 
Decay in Large Silo. 
Our silo is a large stone building 30 
by 50, and we begin to use it from one 
end. By the time we have reached the 
other end about three feet of the silage 
is decomposed. There is also a great 
deal of waste along the walls. Your 
advice along this line will be greatly ap¬ 
preciated. w. w. B. 
Maryland. 
If I read this inquiry aright, this silo 
of 30x50 feet, is one pit, and of unknown 
depth, and is actually large enough to 
partition into six 15xl5-foot silos. This 
division of the silage into compartments 
would probably solve the question of loss. 
No silage pit 30x50 feet can be fed from, 
with any security against loss, notably if 
the latter is taken from the end, instead 
of the surface, and only from the latter 
when the surface bears some relation to 
the amount of silage required each day. 
Unless the stock of cattle is very large 
in numbers, a silo 15x15 feet seems to be 
about the limit of surface to be exposed, 
so that the uncovered silage will not de¬ 
teriorate between feedings, save in very 
cold weather. I apprehend that the ex¬ 
cessive decay at the end, is caused by 
feeding from the opposite end of the sil¬ 
age, instead of the top, and there being 
no end resistance, the silage would nat¬ 
urally spring away from the end wall, 
and allow the air to penetrate between sil¬ 
age and the wall, and so cause much decay 
of food. If the silo walls were well painted 
with hot coal tar so as to prevent air 
and moisture from coming in contact with 
the silage I think side wall loss would be 
very largely overcome. Coming back to 
the real cause of the trouble, I am of the 
opinion that dividing this large silo up 
into several compartments will solve the 
whole problem. In very warm weather, 
it is a good plan, after throwing off the 
silage, disturbing the surface to remain 
as little as possible, to sprinkle over this 
surface four or five gallons of water, 
which will delay the “molding” for sev¬ 
eral hours. j. g. 
Rome Beauty in the Hudson Valley. 
As I have 400 10-year-old Rome 
Beauty apple trees growing in the Hud¬ 
son Valley, I would add my mite to the 
discussion of its merits. They have 
borne three crops where 11-year-old Bald¬ 
wins have borne none. The apples color 
up well under the cultivation and cover 
crop system, have a very good, but not 
high, flavor, will do for dessert, and are 
unexcelled for cooking. They grow very 
smooth and uniform where Wagener is 
knotty and misshaped. The trees are 
very uniform growers, make rather small 
trees and need considerable pruning. 
They are hardy, showing no signs of win¬ 
ter-killing. Altogether they are the most 
satisfactory trees I have out of half a 
dozen standard kinds, including Baldwin, 
Wagener, Sutton, Belmont, Tolman 
Sweet and Spy. It has been a very wet 
season for the past two months, and al¬ 
though bad for getting in the harvest, it 
has been splendid for the trees. On page 
921 C. F. B. says Northern Spy should 
bear one to three bushels biennially at 
nine years of age. I have a number of 
Spy 11 years of age which have borne 
nothing yet. Some have been cultivated 
and some have stood in sod. 
Ulster Co., N. Y. r. a. young. 
Who Said Snakes? 
The arguments of G. L. Rothgeb 
against the black snake, on page 93G, are 
rather far fetched. If the neighbor’s wife 
had been nervous there might have been 
serious results when she found a black 
snake in the bed. If the screen had been 
left out of another neighbor’s window a 
snake that climbed the vine might have 
entered his room and perhaps swallowed 
his gold watch, for Virginia black snakes 
appear to be omnivorous, and yet very 
careful in their diet when it comes to the 
selection of eggs. I fear, however, lie is 
mistaken in his reference to foads. With 
The R. N.-Y. I question toads ever eat¬ 
ing mice, and I am equally as sure that 
black snakes never eat toads. I have 
been a careful observer of both for many 
years, and have never yet seen a black- 
snake eating a toad. In fact the only 
snakes I ever saw swallow toads were the 
common striped garden snakes. I have 
examined the contents of many black 
snakes and have frequently found the re¬ 
mains of frogs, but never a toad. True, 
they do rob birds’ nests and eat the young 
birds when they can catch them, but 
there are worse enemies of the birds that 
no one thinks of killing for that reason. 
The house cat is a notable example. The 
red squirrel, which in most States is pro¬ 
tected by law, is one of the worst ene¬ 
mies of our song-birds. Now let us be 
fair with the snake; it has its place in 
the economy of nature, and is perfectly 
harmless and helpless, and were it not for 
the inborn horror of aft snakes which 
many people have, mankind would not be 
making such indiscriminate warfare upon 
t^m. H . ii. s. 
Indiana. 
Agricultural Fairs. 
STATE FAIRS. 
State. Town. 
Alabama—Birmingham 
Arkansas—Berryville . 
Canada—Toronto . 
Connecticut—Berlin ... 
Colorado—Pueblo . 
Delaware—Wilmington 
Georgia—Macon .. 
Illinois—Springfield . .. 
Indiana—Indianapolis . 
Iowa—Des Moines .... 
Kansas—Hutchinson .. 
Kentucky—Louisville . 
Maine—Lewiston. 
Maryland—Hagerstown 
Michigan—Detroit .... 
New Jersey—Trenton . 
New York—Syracuse . 
Ohio—Columbus .. 
Vermont—White River 
Virginia—Richmond .. 
Wisconsin—Milwaukee 
Date. 
.Oct. 7-16 
•.Sept. 29-Oct. 2 
.Aug. 28—Sept. 10 
....Sept. 14-17 
.Sept. 13-18 
.Sept. 10-14 
.Oct. 26-Nov. 5 
.Sept. 17-25 
.Sept. 6-10 
.-Aug. 25-Sept. 3 
.Sept. 18-25 
.-Sept. 13-18 
.Sept. 6-9 
.•.Oct. 12-15 
.Sept. 6-15 
.Sept. 26-Oct. 7 
....Sent. 13-18 
.Aug. 30-Sept. 3 
Junction.Sept. 14-17 
.•.Oct. 11-16 
.Sept. 13-17 
OHIO. 
County. Town. 
Adams—West Union . 
Allen—Lima . 
Ashtabula—Jefferson . 
Athens—Athens . 
Auglaize—Wapakoneta 
Belmont—St. Clairsvil.e ... 
Brown—Georgetown . 
Butler—Hamilton .. 
Carroll, Carrollton . 
Clark—Springfield . 
Clermont—Owensville . 
Columbia—Lisbon .. 
Coshocton—Coshocton . 
Crawford —Bucyrus . 
Date. 
.Sept. 7-10 
.Sept. 28-Oct. 1 
Aug. 30-Sept. 2 
..Aug. 24-27 
.Aug. 24-27 
.Sept. 1-3 
.Oct. 5-8 
.Oct. 5-8 
.Oct. 5-8 
..Aug. 17-20 
.Aug. 17-20 
.Sept. 14-16 
.Oct. 5-8 
.Sept. 7-10 
Cuyahoga—East Chagrin Falls .Sept. 21-24 
Cuyahoga—West Berea.Sept. 7-9 
Drake—Greenville .Aug. 23-27 
Defiance—Hicksville .Aug. 24-28 
Delaware—Powell .Sept. 14-17 
Erie—Sandusky .Sept. 14-17 
Fairfield—Lancaster .Oct. 13-16 
Franklin—Grove City .•.Sept. 14-17 
Fulton—Wauseon .Sept. 28-Oct. 2 
Gallia—Gallipolis ."...Sept. 1-3 
Geauga, Burton...Sept. 7-10 
Green—Xenia .Aug. 3-6 
Guernsey—Old Washington .Sept. 21-24 
Hancock—Findlay .Sept. 29-Oct. 2 
Hardin—Kenton . .. .Aug 24-27 
Harrison—Cadiz .Sept. 29-Oct. 1 
Henry—Napoleon . A ug. 31-Sept. 3 
Highland—Rainsboro .Oct. 12-15 
Hocking—Logan . Oct. 6-9 
Jackson—Wellston .July 27-30 
Jefferson—Smithfield .Sept. 22-24 
Knox—Mt. Vernon . Aug. 27-29 
Lake—Painesville ..Sept. 14-17 
Lawrence—Proctorville .Aug. 24-27 
Licking—Newark .Sept. 28-Oct. 1 
Logan—Beliefontaine .... . Aug. 17-20 
Lucas—Toledo .Sept. 6-11 
Madison—London .Aug. 24-27 
Mahoning—Canfield .•_Sept. 7-9 
Marion—Marion .-..Sept. 20-24 
Medina—Medina .Sept. 14-16 
Meigs—Rock Springs . Sept. 7-9 
Mercer—Celina .Aug. 16-20 
Miami—Troy ...Sept. 20-24 
Montgomery—Dayton .Sept. 6-10 
Morgan—McConnelsville .Sept. 15-17 
Morrow—Mt. Gilead .Sept. 28-Oct. 1 
Paulding—Paulding .Sept. 13-17 
Portage—Ravenna .Aug. 21-Sept, 3 
Preble—Eaton ...Sept. 27-Oct. 1 
Putnam—Ottawa ...Oct. 5-9 
Richland—Mansfield .Sept. i4-17 
Sandusky—Fremont .•.Sept. 21-24 
Scioto—Lucasville . Aug. 17-20 
Seneca—Tiffin .Aug.' 31-Sept. 3 
Shelby—Sidney ..Sept. 14-16 
Stark—Canton .Sept. 22-25 
Summit—Akron .Sept. 28-Oct. 1 
Trumbull—Warren ...Aug. 17-20 
Tuscarawas—Canal Dover .Sept. 28-Oct. 1 
Union—Marysville .Sept. 7-10 
Van Wert—Van Wert .Sept. 6-10 
Warren—Lebanon .Sept. 14-17 
Washington—Marietta .Aug. 31-Sept. 3 
Wayne—Wooster ..Oct. 6-8 
Williams—Montpe’ier .Sept. 7-11 
Wood—Bowling Green .Sept. 13-17 
Wyandot—Upper Sandusky .Sept. 14-17 
PENNSYLVANIA, 
County. Town. Date. 
Adams—Bendersville .Dec. 15-17 
Adams—Gettysburg ..Dec. 29-31 
Alleghany—Imperial .Oct. 5-7 
Armstrong—Dayton .Sept. 21-24 
Armstrong—Apollo . Sept. 1-4 
Beaver—Junction Park .Sept. 15-18 
Bedford—Bedford . Oct 6-8 
Berks—Reading . Sept. 14-17 
i'^r-Honidaysburg .Sept. 28-Oct. 1 
Bradford—Towanda .Sept. 8-10 
Bradford—Troy .Aug. 31-Sept. 2 
Bucks—Perkasie .Sept. 15-18 
Bucks—Quakertown. Sept. 3-4 
Butler—Butler .Aug\ 24-27 
Cambria—Carrolltown .Aug." 31-Sept. 3 
Cameron—Emporium . .Sept 14-17 
Carbon—Lehigh ton .....Sept. 28-Oct. 1 
Clarion—Clarion . Sept 7-10 
Center—Center Hall .Sept. ' 11-17 
Chester—West Chester .Sept. 14-17 
Chester—Oxford . Sent' 2 ->.p 4 
Clearfield—Dubois ..Sept. 28-Oct. 1 
Columbia—Bloomshure:. Ort 
Crawford—Titusville .. !s'e-t. 7-10 
Cumberland—Williams Grove ...Aug. 30-Sept. 4 
Cumberland—Carlisle ..•.Sept. 21-24 
Dauphin—Middletown .Aug. 24-27 
2, a " ph e i " - ^ ratz .V. Oct. 12-15 
Elk—St. Marys. Oct k.q 
Erie—Wattsburg ..7 .'.'.'.Sept. '7-10 
Greene—Carmichaels .Sept. 21-24 
Indiana—Indiana .. •. Sept, 7-10 
Jefferson—Brookville .Aug! 31-Sept. 3 
Jefferson—Punxsutawney .Sept. 15-18 
Juniata—Pt. Royal .Sept. 14-17 
Lackawanna—Clarks Summit _Sept. 28-Oct. 2 
Lancaster—Lancaster .Sept. 28-Oct. 1 
Lawrence—Pulaski .Sept. 21-24 
Lebanon—Lebanon .Aug. 17-20 
Lebanon—Lebanon .. j. Nov. 6-6 
Lehigh—Allentown .Sept. 21-24 
Lycoming—Hughesville .Oct. 12-15 
McKean—Smethport .Sept. 14-17 
Mercer—Stoneboro ..Sept! 27-30 
Mercer—Mercer.Sept. 14-16 
Monroe—Stroudsburg .Sept. 6-10 
Montgomery—Pottstown .Aug. 31-Sept. 3 
Northampton—Nazareth .Sept. 14-17 
Northumberland—Milton .Sept. 28-Oct. 1 
Perry—Newport .Oct. 12-15 
Philadelphia—Philadelphia .Nov. 9-12 
Somerset—Somerset .Sept. 28-Oct. 1 
Sullivan—Forksville .Sept. 28-30 
Susquehanna—Montrose .Sept. 14-16 
Susquehanna—Harford .Sept. 7-9 
Susquehanna—Lawton.Sept. 1-2 
Tioga—Westfield .Sept. 7-10 
Tioga—Mansfield . Sept. 14-17 
Union—Lewisburg .Oct. 19-22 
Washington—Millsboro.July 27-29 
Washington—Arden .•.Aug. 31-Sept. 3 
Warren—Warren .Aug. 31-Sept. 3 
Westmoreland—Youngwood .Sept. 7-11 
Wyoming—Tunkhannock .Sept. 21-24 
York—York .•.Oct. 4-8 
York—Hanover .Sept. 14-17 
York—New Freedom .Sept. 22-24 
York—Fawn Grove . Aug. 11-13 
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