Oct. 2, \9i)S] Agricultural Gazette of N.SJF. 827 



lambing has followed. This is not the only aspect of the case, for to make a 

 decent living- from holdings of this class it is necessary to stock up to the full 

 carrying capacity of the land, and when the rains fail, if only for a com- 

 paratively short time, the stock has to be reduced to such a degree that they 

 will not return anything like a sufficient income. Furthermore, the owner 

 has usually to (|uit at whatever his stock will bring, and when the rains come 

 stock up again, at a comparatively hiah figure. It will be readily seen liow 

 a sufficient standby of silage will change this — ^even matters up — and give 

 one confidence in his (Ji)erations. The idea of the expense of installing the 

 necessary conveniences prevents many from embarking on the undertaking, 

 but this need not be at all heavy. 



Probably what has kept silage from coming into more general use is the 

 notion, rather prevalent among farmers, that it reijuires a great amount of 



Fibro-cement Silo. 



Capacity 110 tons, being- filled by means of a cutter and blower driven by a 10 li p. steam engine. 



skill and experience to ensure success. This is not the case at all, for experience 

 points to the fact that so long as the crop is cut at the right stage and put 

 together with ordinary care, be it in stack, pit, or over-ground silo— chaffed 

 or unchaffed — success must result, the amount of waste being inversely pro- 

 portionate to the amount of care exercised. 



It is quite natural that being a new thing to most, and having heard reports 

 of failures, farmers have in the past hesitated in risking their crops by attempt- 

 ing to ensilage them, but now with silos scattered all over the country, in 

 every district, it is so easy for them to see for themselves. As to the merits 

 of any particular method, opinions are varied. Each, doubtless, has something 

 to recommend it, and only a man's particular conditions and n'(|nirenients can 

 determine for him the most suitable plan. 



There is no question but that a modern above-ground tul)siloof substantial 

 construction is the least wasteful : and where, from the nature .of a man's 



