Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 30, 1914 Page: 3 of 8
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Physician and Surgeon
OFFICE
OYER YOUNG’S PHARMACY
Phones 28
Hours: 8 to 10 a. m.; 4 to 6 p. m
MERCEDES, TEXAS
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DR. A. C. SEISER
Dentist
Office Hours: 8 to 12; 1 to 5
Diagonally from postoffice
Over Bank, Phone No. 166
San Benito,
Texas
E. C. Schoonmaker, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
THE SILO FOR THE
SOUTHERN FARMER
Office Suite, Planters Bank Bldg.
Third St. Entrance, First Floor
Mercedes,
Texas
ALEX. WHELESS
Attorney at Law
Practitioner State and Federal
Courts—County Attorney
Hidalgo County
Offices Hidalgo Co. Bank Bldg.
Mercedes, Texas
T. W. C A R T E R
DENTIST
Office in Public Library
Miss Grace McClelland, Assistant
Mercedes, Texas
PIANOS
and Musical Instruments
New and second hand. Lowest
prices, easy terms.
EXPERT TUNING
Repairing and Finishing. Leave
orders with this office, or
drop a card to
J. B. VIANO, Brownsville, Tex.
E J. BIKNSTENGLE
DRAYMAN
Phone 60
Baggage called for and Deliver-
ed. Freight and express ship-
ments promptly attended to
Pianos, Safes, Household Goods
moved with the greatest of care
(By Noel Negley, Dairy Husbandman,
U. S. Department of Agriculture, in
Progressive Farmer.)
As the interest in dairying and the
raising of beef cattle increases, there
is a gradually increasing interest in
cheaper methods of production, and
this means the establishment of per-
manent pastures, the raising of more
feed on the farm, and the building
of silos. A silo is indispensible to
the dairyman, and to the beef cattle
man it is a means of saving feed
and of making cheaper beef. There
has been much misunderstanding re-
garding the cost, utility and advan-
tage of the silo, but this is due large-
ly to the fact that until recent years
there have been but few silos in the
south and all the farmers have not
had the opportunity of seeing them
in actual use. In order that the
farmers might have this opportunity,
we have tried so far as possible
to get at least one silo built in each
county, although some counties have
more than twenty.
A silo is simply a round, tank-like
structure with air-tight wall built of
concrete, wood, stone, brick, hollow
tile, or steel, and in some cases it
is merely a pit with cemented bottom
and sides. The green forage crops
such as corn, sorghum, sowpeas, soy
beans, etc., or mixtures of these, are
cut in one-half inch lengths or small-
er and preserved in the silo by ex-
cluding the air.
The advantages of a silo are well
known to all users of them, but for
those who have not used them I will
state these advantages briefly:
1. It doubles the livestock carry-
ing capacity of the .land. This re-
sults in more feeds fed on the land,
which means more fertile farms.
2. It prevents the waste of corn
stalks which contain over one-third
of the feeding value of the entire
plant.
3. It clears the corn ground early
in the fall and enables one to sow
winter cover crops.
4. It provides a good substitute
for green grass during the winter
time.
5. It provides a good substitute
for pasture in summer during per-
iods of drouth.
6. It enables the farmer to save
feed in a rainy season, when it is
wholly impossible to cure it and save
it in any other way.
7. It provides a succulent, nutri-
tious and palatable feed, and in fact,
the best and cheapest roughage for
both dairy and beef cattle.
A silo is not a rich farmer’s luxury,
but the poor man’s necessity. It is
not an expensive building when com
pared with the other necessary farm
buildings. A ton of hay will occupy
about ten times more cubic feet of
space than will a ton of silage, and
tire cost per ton capacity of building
& hay barn is at least three times as
great as, the cost per ton capacity of
the silo..
There are various types of silos on
the market and various types of
home-made silos. For the benefit of
Mercedes
Texas
H. F. Renneberg
CONTRACTOR AND
BUILDER
All Work Guaranteed
Plans and Specifications
Furnished
Mercedes
Texas
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v M. P. WEST, Proprietor
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those who wish to build their own
silos the following information may
be of interest.
In silo building there are two
things to always remember: First,
the silo should be built round and
high, as this type is the most econ-
omical and preserves the silage best.
The height of a silo should be at
least twice the diameter. Second,
the diameter of a silo should be de-
termined by the number of cattle to
be fed. The following table shows
the diameter required for varying
numbers of cows:
Diameter of 'Silo. No. Cows Fed
10 feet .....................12
feet ...... 17
feet .....................23
feet .............. 30
feet ......... 40
The single wall concrete silo seems
to be the most popular and the most
satisfactory for the south generally.
A concrete silo should be built where
the farmer is permanently establish-
ed in the beef or dairy business, has
his buildings definitely located, and
can secure sand and. gravel or stone-
on the farm or at reasonable cost.
The concrete silo is fire-proof, rust-
proof, vermin-proof and wind-proof.
When properly constructed the cost
of maintenance is practically nothing
and the silo will last indefinitely.
The cost of a concrete silo is not
prohibitive, as some people would
seem to think, for many of them have
been built in Alabama and other
southern states at a much less per
ton capacity cost than manufactured
stave or steel silos. The average
cost in the southern states of con-
crete silos, including form, labor, all
materials, hauling of materials, roof,
etc., has been about $2.30 per ton
capacity, although I know of some
in Alabama built for less than $1.^0
per ton capacity. Thus a silo 14x32
will hold about 100 tons of silage and
will cost about $230, complete.
The materials needed in the con-
struction of a concrete silo are: a
form, cement, sand and gravel or
stone, re-enforces wire, and the nec-
essary scaffolding and concrete mix-
ing tools. There are various kinds of
forms used in constructing a concrete
silo. The manufactured steel form
builds a very nice silo, but unless a
number of silos can be built with it
the first cost of the form is prohibi-
tive. When a contractor can secure
a number of silos to build, or when
a number of farmers can cooperate
in buying the form, a steel form
would be desirable. However, a very
fine silo can be built with home-made
form of wood and sheet iron. The in-
ner form consists of a circle of
wood bounded with sheet iron. The
outer form consists usually of a band
of No. 18 sheet iron, held the thick-
ness of the wall from the inner form
by means of. spacing blocks. These
forms are usually 36 inches high and
can be raised once a day, thus en-
abling the farmer to build 33 inches
of wall daily. The wall of the
silo is re-inforced with woven wire
or steel rods, and in silos 14 feet
in diameter the walls are six inches
thick. For a medium-sized silo, four
men can mix the concrete and fill
the form each day.
A number of the farmers who have
built concrete silos are using them
as towers for their water tanks.
When the desired capacity of the silo
is reached for silage, a concrete floor
re-enforced with steel rods is put
on the silo, the forms are raised and
set on this concrete floor, and thus
the wall of the water tank made to
the desired height. There is no ex
tra cost for the tower and good pres-
sure to the water is secured. Since
it is such a great advantage to have
running water about the house and
barn, and since this can be so easily
and cheaply secured, I trust that
more of our farmers will build con-
crete silos with water tanks on top.
The stave silo is recommended
where the farmer is not permanently
established in the cattle business,
where .lumber is cheap, and where
materials for concrete cannot he ob-
tained at reasonable cost. • The home-
made stave silo is more easily, quick-
ly and cheaply built than a concrete
silo. However, it is not so durable
as a concrete silo, is subject to dam-
age by wind and fire, and, owing 'to
the shrinkage of the staves in the
summer when the silo is empty, more
or less attention is required to tight-
en the hoops. The staves for silos
over 14 feet in diameter can be
made of 2x6 lumber and need not be
beveled or tanged and grooved. The
better grade of lumber used, the
better the silo:; but where this is not
obtainable ;at a reasonable cost, a
very satisfactory silo can be made of
cheaper stuff. The cost of a stave
silo depends upon the cost of lum-
ber and the efficiency of the man
building it The total cost, including
all material, labor, etc., will usually
average less than $1.50 per ton ca-
pacity.
There are a few steel silos in the
south, but it is obvious that they are
not so durable as a properly con-
sti ucted concrete silo, and a water
tank cannot be placed on the top of
them;, consequently until the price
per ton capacity is reduced below
that of the concrete silo, it is not
economy to buy this type. Stone,
brick, hollow cement block, and hoi
low tile, make good silos when pro-
perly re-enforced and have all the
advantages of the concrete silo, but
uner average conditions they are
much more expensive to build. The
pit or underground silo is found in
certain sections, where the character
of the soil is such that sufficient depth
can be obtained without water rising
in the silo or the walls caving.
The extension department at Au-
burn, Alabama,- as well as the exten-
sion departments of the state agri-
cultural colleges in North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi
and Louisiana, will upon request fur-
nish bills of materials, blue prints,
and detailed information regarding
the making and feeding of silage.
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Hoyt, L. T. Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 30, 1914, newspaper, December 30, 1914; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth634998/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.