Jul// 2, 190S.] Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. 



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of u moic expensive silo and chatting the ciop ] In tliis case the average 

 ainount of waste is said by Mr. Bowyer-.Smijth to amount on the average to 

 8 inches all round. At the bottom and lower part of sides it may and 

 probalily is less, but on the upper part, which was practically a stack, the 

 waste on the sides and corners maybe a little more, so no doubt the estimate 



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Pit Silo, Green Hil's. 



The dotted lines indiciite height of tiuished stack, about 22 feet. 



is neai- the mark. This, however, will be better calculated when feeding- 

 starts, which, as far as present indications go, will not be for some little time, 

 as there is plenty of feed on the farm. 



It is rather a hard matter to decide which form yields, under varying 

 circumstances, the best tinancial result; but the fact that Mr. Bowyer-Smijth 

 had a small silo last season and has a larger one this, and — being in possession 



