Eureka 1910-1919 - (Part 4 of 12) -
“One of the notable features in the progress in methods of farming and stock raising in Greenwood County, in Kansas and in the entire grain belt of the U.S. during the last few years is the erection of silos and storage of ensilage, as an economical means of caring for feed. It is a big change since the old days, when the team was driven up and down the corn row in the chilly autumn mornings to gather the corn by hand, storing it in cribs while the stalks, and much corn, left in the fields was wasted. The next step was the cutting and binding of the shock corn. Long ago, silage was demonstrated to be an economical feed for the production of beef and for dairy cattle but for some reason it was not taken up by the feeder. Old methods were used until the scarcity and high prices of stock feed demanded a change in feeding or giving up the business.
