Designated a

HISTORIC LANDMARK

OF

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

AT OAKLAND MANOR IN 1876
FRANCIS MORRIS
BUILT BRICK SILOS IN HIS BARN AND
INTRODUCED THE PRACTICE OF MAKING
CORN SILAGE IN THE UNITED STATES.
HIS FURTHER EXPERIMENTS DEVELOPED THE USE
OF EARTHEN TRENCHES AND THEREBY SIGNIFICANTLY
CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN
AGRICULTURE

Dedicated by

AMERCAN SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS

1976