These are the words of Franklin Smith of
Coolidge, Georgia. Smith purchased a 600-ton
Butler Stor-N-Feed structure in August, 1965 . ..
his first experience with a vertical silo.
He didn’t have enough total silage storage ca
pacit/ and since he preferred this method of
feeding and liked the feed that came out of the
structure, Smith decided to purchase more stor
age i' 1966.
He purchased a 20’x60’ 520-ton concrete stave
silo because of the lower price. Now Smith says,
“I made a mistake.”
He comments, “My Butler structure will hold
nearly twice as much silage as the concrete
stave ... I lose 10’ in the top of the concrete silo
because of the distribution and the settling . . .
I can never get it fu11... I have to refill several
times because of the poor packing and settling.
The Butler structure costs very little more on
an actual cost-per-ton of storage ... I don’t like
the labor problem of climbing -up the chute on
the concrete silo to adjust the unloader to an
other silo door . . . the unloading rate is much
slower than my Butler.”
And, most importantly, Smith says, “I have
severe spoilage in my concrete stave . : . there
is no spoilage in my Butler structure.”
|] JAMESWAY
SALES & SERVICE ■]
DESKNERS mf BUILDERS of SYSTEMS
AGRI - INC.
R. D. 2, Ephrata
(FORMERLY ADDISON MARTIN, INC.)
7 Made A Mistake
When I Purchased A
Concrete Stave Silo"
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NEWS
CENTRAL TRACTOR CLUB
The second meeting of the Cen
tral 4-H Tractor Maintenance
Club was held at Landis Bros.
Farm Equipment Co , Manheim
Pike, Lancaster on January 30,
7 30 p m
Glenn Kreider was elected a
representative to County Coun
cil Lynn Royer gave a demon
stration on “The Use of a Shield
on V-Belts ” A demonstration on
“The Use of a Shield on a PTO
Shaft” was given by Jerry and
Dwight Hess A third demonstra
tion by Glenn Kreider was "The
Advantage of Roll Guard on a
Tractor.”
A film, “Farm Tractor Safety
A Family Affair” was shown.
The next meeting will be held
at Kauffman Bros , Mountville
on February 6 at 7 30 p m.
Small Grains Are
Valuable For Pasture
Small grains as pasture can
profitably be used for livestock
■to extend tine grazing season in
the fall and early spring when
regular pastures do not make
much giowth, Tioga County's
agricultural agent told members
of the Pennsylvania Crop Im
provement Association at their
meeting during the 52nd Fann
Show last week.
“Dairy and livestock produc
tion ns more profitable when
cows have plenty of good pas
ture for a longer period of
time,” Larue K Thomas sa.d.
“Supplementary forages con
sisting of small grains can be
very useful in supplying tins
added pasture ”
QUALITY!
Funk’s G-4644
Single Cross
Wins 1967
Pa. Cora Yield
Contest
216.3 bu. per acre
See your Hoffman Seed Man
for details on all new
2EAIIII Hybrids.
A. H. HOFFMAN SEEDS, INC.
Landisville, Pa. 898-2261
c Hoffman
FARM SEEDS .
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