290 Bureau of Farmers' Institutes. 



Why should corn in a silo spoil on two sides next to the boards? 



Dr. Smead. — Doubtless the silo was not tight on those two sides^ 

 and so allowed the air to get in; or else the ensilage was not 

 tramped enough. 



Mr. Litchaid. — Possibly the silo is not deep enough or the com 

 was too green or too ripe. We cannot take out anything from a 

 silo we do not put in, any more than one of these ladies can take 

 out something from a fruit can she did not put in. If she puts in 

 unripe, over-ripe or wormy, half-grown fruit, she will take it out 

 when she opens that can. 



Would it be advisable to use Page fence as hoops for siloes? 



Mr. Gould. — I would not use anything else. It costs less, and 

 less for bolts than for wire hoops, and pulls the staves together so 

 that you can't see between them in August any better than ia 

 December, while it costs but |6, against $20 for round hoops for 

 a silo. 



Mr, Woodward: The Page fence people advise me that they 

 are making a special fence for siloes, that costs less than ordinary- 

 fence. 



Does it pay to cut or shred corn stalks? 



Mr. Van Alstyne. — Yes; more good can be got out of shredded 

 or cut stalks than whole ones; but neither of these can take the 

 place of good ensilage. 



Do you advise building a silo in the barn ' 



Mr. Cook. — If one has a barn large enough, so that the room 

 for a silo can be spared, he may build a silo in it. There will be 

 some saving in cost, because at least one side of it will have al- 

 ready been built. Then, too, no roof will have to be put on. 

 But one may build one outside, and we have found that no loss 

 from freezing the ensilage, if it is allowed to thaw without being 

 exposed to the air, will ensue. If the frozen ensilage is raked 

 into the center of the silo and the hot ensilage there mixed with 

 it, no loss will be experienced. 



Why do some first-class condenseries reject milk from ensilage-fed 

 cows? 



Mr. Cook. — The Borden people first interdicted ensilage years> 



ago, because there was much sour ensilage put up. But I have 



