VERMONT DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 71 



Member — Would it be practicable to feed from the small silo 

 though September and October and then leave it and begin 

 the next summer again. 



Gov. Hoard. Do you mean whether it would keep over? I 

 have seen it where it had remained in the silo five years and 

 come out perfectly good. Ensilage is really nothing but can- 

 ned corn fodder and you know canned goods will keep indefi- 

 nately. The men who are worrying most about the silo are 

 the men who do not have them. 



Mr. Gray of Ashfield, Mass. We have two silos twelve 

 feet in diameter and about thirty-six feet deep, the staves are 

 hemlock, six inches wide. We have used it about four years 

 and our ensilage keeps perfectly. 



Question. Was the lumber kiln dried? 



Mr. Gray. No sir, when we built the second silo the stock 

 was so green the moisture would ooze out when we drove the 

 nails in. 



