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Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. 



[Nov. 2, 1920. 



A Silage Stack on the North Coast. 



The accompanying illustration of a silage scack constructed on the lines 

 suggested in the Agrivultural Gazette iov^oxerahev, 1919, affords evidence of 

 the usefulness of the method. The photograph was forwarded by Mr. 

 L. I. Uther, of Bonville, an old diploma student of Hawkesbury Agricultural 

 College, who stated that this stack was built by a neighbour, Mr. F. Williams, 

 according to the directions given in the Gazette. Previously Mr. Williams 

 had built silage stacks in the old way- (crossing the maize at the corners), 

 and had had considerable waste. The stack photographed turned out the 

 best Mr. Uther had ever seen, the waste on the sides not being more than 

 G inches and on the ends about 9 inches. The maize w^as right up to the 



A Silage Slack at Bonville, 



top when stacking was finished, and the photograph was taken when 

 settling was completed. The following details were also supplied : Crop, 

 7 acres of Yellow Dent maize; base of stack, II feet x 16 feet; labour 

 involved, four men for 6^ days, with two horses and drays, and a horse to 

 lift the stuff; slings were used to split the loads into four and were hoi-sted 

 direct from the drays ; estimated tonnage, 70 tons ; estimated cost, 4s. 6d. 

 per ton for cutting and stacking. 



In sending the above, Mr. TJther mentioned that a tenant of his had also 

 made a stack on those lines and that it had also turned out well, though the 

 percentage of waste was higher owing to insuthcient weighting. 



