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results, with a continuous door into which a man can walk with- 

 out stooping. The door is made of any short pieces of one 

 inch boards of even thickness and with straight edges, laid in 

 double, with joints broken, and with light building paper 

 between. This is the only paper used in its construction. As 

 a finishing touch, take some thin cement mortar and bank up 

 the staves about six inches on the inside, letting the cement come 

 out a foot or so along the bottom. This insures a perfectly 

 air-tight joint between the ends of the staves and the foundation, 

 and prevents lateral pressure against the staves. A silo can be 

 built in this way of the best of lumber for about one-half the 

 cost of a patented silo of equal capacity. 



It is too late in the day of silo investigation to make any argu- 

 ment in regard to best methods for filling. A simple statement 

 will sufiice. If sweet corn stover is used, it is best cut with a 

 corn harvester and put in as soon as convenient after picking; 

 if silage corn is used, it should mature so the most forward ears 

 might grow ; then in either case, it should be cut fine into the 

 silo, without using undue haste or additional expense for labor, 

 and with no more tramping than is required to keep it level 

 while filling. If these general directions are followed, a light 

 colored, dry, sweet silage will result, which will be a delight to 

 the dairy herd and a source of pride and profit to the owner. 



THE CLOVERS. 

 No part of the country is so well equipped for the home 

 growing of dairy foods as New England, and particularly 

 ]\Iaine. Each crop is made to supplement and feed the other, 

 and, in the end, a great quantity and variety of foods result. 

 The clovers are especially at home here, and because of their 

 peculiar habits of growth and their richness in those classes of 

 foods lacking in other crops, they should have great prominence 

 on every dairy farm. The tillage and heavy potash fertiliza- 

 tion given corn and other hoed crops fit the land for the use of 

 the clovers, and when they follow these in the rotation they 

 may be made to add materially to the value of home grown 

 foods, and at the same time leave the land better than they found 

 it. To use a homely phrase, — they work for nothing and board 

 themselves. 



