![]() This silo was still in use 55 years ago to store sargo corn for a large herd of Jersey cows. Two silo trees are near the location of the former town of Pappinsville, 7 miles out of Rich Hill, off county roads "B" and "N" in Bates County.Įarly in this century, Clayburn Webb, a dairy farmer, had a red tile silo built. In southwestern Missouri, just off Highway 71, an elm grows out of a short silo, and a bit further north, but not seen from the road, is another silo tree. The former owner, Merle Culbertson, says, "I've never known how such a small trunk could grow so tall!" Culbertson's daughter is now proprietor of the young tree. The branches are small and one bends gracefully over the silo edge. This teenage silo-tree has a narrow but tall trunk. Within a quick trip from Kansas City, just outside Odessa off 131 and on "U," is a cousin hackberry. This tree is on the original pioneer property of the Gowan family. ![]() The early energy of the hackberry pushed its way through the crack and the tree now opens its branches gratefully to the sky. The floor of the silo has a one-foot depth of earth, and there is a large crack in the foundation. Seaton Tyler that has not been in use for 40 years. A hackberry grows there, in a silo built by R. Rittman allows the vine to grow each summer, but he has to fight it off the barn.Īnother seemingly misplaced tree is in a silo at the intersection of Johnson County roads "N" and "E," northeast of Knob Noster and northwest of LaMonte, near Dunksburg. Built into the side of the barn, it is covered with a lush drapery of Virginia creeper. Just across the highway, on the farm of Randy Rittman, is another silo. He simply lets Mother Nature and the silo "do their thing" for all who pass by to admire. Thompson now raises cattle but does not use the old silo. The owners of this picturesque tree are Chester and Ruth Thompson. They knew about it before its full, visible branches blossomed above the silo's top edge. The tree is a 48-year-old mulberry adult community residents vouch for its age because many of them grew up with the tree. This tree-in-a-silo is near Knob Noster, the gateway to Whiteman Air Force Base. They told their families about it when they arrived back home. ![]() Highway 50 between Warrensburg and Sedalia noticed a beautiful, full tree top rising from an old silo.
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