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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 14. lbl’O 
Saves 15% to 50% 
On All Building Materials 
Lumber is very scarce and undoubtedly will cost more. The timber- 
cut is very small and labor very scarce. 
Yet, people who have wanted to build in the last four years and who 
didn’t, are going to build now; and during the coming year, large 
manufacturing concerns will build big housing projects to meet the 
demand of their employees for modern, comfortable homes. 
If you are planning to build or make repairs—BETTER GET YOUR 
ORDER IN NOW. Then you will run no chances of higher prices— 
or, even worse, of not being able to get your lumber at all. 
Your selection from our FREE New Catalog of Lumber and Building 
Materials means money in your pocket. You don’t want to pay 
$160.00 for a bill of lumber that you can buy from us for $112.00, 
do you? . This catalog gives facts about lumber that prove just how 
we save you money. 
We have an enormous plant right in the heart of the lumber district 
—convenient to you, which saves you freight charges. We buy our 
lumber and building materials from the producing mills in great 
quantities for spot cash, and sell it direct to you in any quantities 
at a reasonably small profit. Furthermore, we handle only thor¬ 
oughly seasoned stock—no seconds or wreckage. We have the goods 
for immediate shipment. 
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coupon below. This book tells all about lumber and building ma¬ 
terials, shows our handsomest designs in doors, windows, interior 
trim, etc. It also shows just how little you need pay in order to get 
the best. 
RAY H. BENNETT LUMBER CO., INC. 
Price Regulators of Building Materials 
510 Main Street North Tonawanda, N. Y. 
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Ray H. Bennett Lumber Co., 
510 Main Street, North Tonawanda, N. Y. 
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machine I have been looking for for 20 
years,” W. F. Massey. "It will meet every 
demand,” H. A. Morgan, Director Tenn. Exp. 
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Roger Pea & Bean Thresher Co.,Morristown,Ten.n 
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A “Silo Packer” 
Quite a number of our people hare 
asked us about the so-called silo packers 
which are used to crush down or pack the 
silage as it is blown into the silo. One 
of our readers sends us a recent number 
of Popular Mechanics, in which we find 
the picture shown on this page. This, we 
take it, is the silo packer our people have 
asked for. We understand that this ma¬ 
chine weighs a ton, and that through the 
power of the little engine mounted ou it, 
it works around and around in the silo, 
smashing and packing the silage down as 
it goes. When the silo has been filled 
the packer can be taken apart. .There is 
apparently no part of it which weighs 
over 100 lbs., so that in this way it can 
be lowered quite easily down to the barn 
floor. This is the first picture we have 
seen of one of these packers, and we do 
not know whether it is practical or not. 
Packing the Silage 
I agree with A. W. F. in regard to us¬ 
ing goats for packing silage. One of tin; 
best ways of packing, if not the best, is 
to have from two to four men not afraid 
of work in a silo, according to size of silo, 
with from one to two iron post mauls or 
some heavy weight with handle. Let one 
man attend to spreading the corn with 
kernels evenly around silo with a fork, 
while the other man or men use the iron 
maul, punching down the silage around 
the silo close to the wall, the one spread¬ 
ing keeping the silage level. You can put 
a great deal more in a silo, and it will 
keep better. A. L. B. 
New York. 
We all realize that the machine age is 
here as regards farmers and farm opera¬ 
tions ; but as to packing silage with a 
gasoline roller as it is cut and blown into 
the silo, it would scorn to me to be very 
impractical. The most important place to 
pack silage tight is around the edge and 
in for about IS inches, the better to keep 
out all possible traces of air, as air com¬ 
ing in contact with silage while ferment- 
Jmplement for Packing Silage 
ing is what makes it unfit for food. My 
experience has been that it requires a 
man to spread the silage around as it 
comes in, and he can at the same time 
tramp it down. But, better yet, is a dis¬ 
tributor, which is generally used. It is 
an extension of the blower pipe which 
reaches down inside of the silo to within 
a foot or so of the filling surface, landing 
the cut silage at a force to pack it' in 
most cases sufficiently to induce safe 
keeping. Dry corn requires a great deal 
more tramping to pack it tight than green 
corn, and generally the addition of a little 
water. harold e. dowd. 
Dutchess Co., N. Y. 
In regard to tramping or packing silage 
in the silo at filling time, will say that we 
have tried both ways, tramping it good 
and solid, and also filling carefully and 
evenly, with some good boy, girl or woman 
to spread it—one who is careful to dis¬ 
tribute the silage evenly all around and 
over the whole surface, with no more 
tramping than what the distributor does. 
We find that the non-tramped silage keeps 
equally as well as does the solidly 
tramped silage. All the difference we can 
see is that the silo will not hold quite so 
much, and should be watched for two to 
four days, and the top well watered and 
filled up again about twice before the 
final sealer of straw, chaff or old corn 
fodder, or whatever is used for that pur¬ 
pose. Otherwise the silage will settle 
too much, and so much silo space is lost 
by the settling. J. C. w. 
Pennsylvania. 
Hay on Concrete Floor 
While I have lmd no experience along 
this line. I do know that hay or grain will 
keep well on a floor of matched lumber, 
and practically airtight. It is my opinion 
that a concrete floor constructed so that 
no moisture could come through would 
be all right, but it is practically impos¬ 
sible to make concrete, so dense as to pre¬ 
vent capillary action. If the concrete 
were laid on the ground, or with capillary 
connection with the ground, enough mois¬ 
ture would pass through the concrete to 
make the hay musty. If the concrete 
could be laid on a thick layer of coarse 
stone, or perhaps with an iuter-layer of 
asphalt, it is my opinion that the hay 
would not' mold. Chester l. mills. 
Alleghany Co., N. Y. 
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T HE UNADILLA Silo is a 
tower of strength. It will 
require fewer repairs and less 
attention than any other farm 
building. 
It’s made of strong, smooth 
staves that fit closely to form 
an air-tight, frost resisting and 
storm defying structure. Base 
and top anchors of steel cable, 
hold the silo erect, steady and 
secure on its foundation. 
Its big hoops are tightened 
( when necessary ) in front, 
where the UNADILLA lad¬ 
der is always safe and ready. 
Door front can be adjusted to 
make an air-tight contact with 
doors. 
Get the handsome UNADIL¬ 
LA Catalog. It’s free. 
UNADILLA SILO CO. 
Box C Unadilla. N. Y„ or Des' Moines, la. 
pie Silo Beautiful 
That Lasts for* Ages 
Get the beauty and durability of vitri¬ 
fied tile in the Preston-Lansing patented 
block. Our method of construction 
.gives enormous strength—block braces 
block in ship-lap formation. Between 
each tier is a thick layer of cement 
and twisted steel reinforcing. Only 
a thin line of mortar shows insida 
and out. giving a smooth, beauci- 
, ful finish. Silage settles better 
’ —less chance for frost to pene¬ 
trate. Thedead-air spaces protect 
against extremes of temperature. 
Fire Proof—Weather Proof 
The beautiful, even color of tha 
blocks lasts indefinitely. The 
steel hip roof gives extra silaga 
space. Steel or tile chute—contin¬ 
uous doorway. The first cost ia 
the only cost. Write for Cata¬ 
logue and Prices. 
J.M. Presion Co. 
Dept. 329 Lansing, Mich. 
Factories at Uhrichsville, Ohio 
Brazil, Ind., and Ft. Dodge, la. 
ECONOMY SILOS 
A PERMANENT SILO 
Every Economy Silo is equipped with the 
Storm Proof anchoring system that makes 
it absolutely permanent. Ensilage is al¬ 
ways fresh and sweet—it can’t spoil in an 
Economy Silo. Perfect fitting doors make 
the Silo perfectly air-tight. Hoops form 
easy ladder. Built of long leaf Yellow 
Pine or Oregon Fir. Headquarters for 
all sizes of water tanks. Our motto is 
quality through and through. Facto¬ 
ries at Frederick, Md., and Roanoke, Va. 
Write for catalog. 
ECONOMY SILO & MFG, CO., Oepl. J. Frederick, lid. 
andWATER TANKS 
THE FRONT that gave 
GRIFFIN SILO FAMF. 
An unobstructed Continuous 
opening. Doors absolutely tight 
but will not swell. Permanent 
steel Ladder attached to Ffont. 
Everythingfirstclassand prices 
right. Prices on application. 
Box 11 
GRIFFIN LUMBER CO. HUOSON°FALLS. N. Y. 
Feeds and Feeding now $2.75 
This standard book by Henry & Mor¬ 
rison has been advanced to $2.75, at 
which price we can s.ippiy it. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 West 30th Street . New York 
