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Abandoned Silo Sprouts Elm
A photo of a Chinese elm tree in a silo caught our attention. James Vargo, a pastor in Nokomis, Ill., took a photo of it for a greeting card he made for one of his ministries and sent it to FARM SHOW (www.sendoutcards.com/ministries).
  The 35-ft. tall silo tree catches a lot of people’s attention, says Gene Johnson, as it’s close to a highway in Nokomis. Johnson, 80, is a retired beef producer who still helps his son and grandson farm. The dirt-floor silo has been empty for about 25 years. Since it doesn’t have a roof, he speculates a seed blew into it from a tree 200 ft. away. He didn’t know it was growing until a few years ago when the leaves started peeking over the top of the 30-ft. silo.
  “I wanted to cut it down, but my wife said to leave it,” Johnson says.
  It isn’t hurting anything and it has become a sort of local landmark that gives people something to talk about – and take photos of.
  Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Gene Johnson, 24191 N. 23rd Ave., Nokomis, Ill. 62075 (ph 217 563-2798).


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2013 - Volume #37, Issue #1