UTILIZATION OF PEA-OANNERY REFUSE FOR FORAGE. 5 



a loiul of peas to the factory to take lioiiie his ([iiota of vines, just as 

 the (hiiryman takes liis h^ad of whoU^ milk to the creamery and then 

 takes the separated milk home to feed. 



Wliere a hirge quantity of vines is to he put up for winter feed by 

 one man and care is exercised in having the stacks well built, well 

 drained, and Ihoroughly jiacked, the stacking method is undoubtedly 

 the most economical way of handling the vines. With proper care the 

 vines from 300 acres or more can be stacked with very little loss, and 

 it is doubt fid whether it would pay to go to the expense of construct- 

 ing silos where this quantit.y is to be handled. Careless stacking, 

 though, will invariably result in the loss of a lot of valuable feed. 

 Smaller quantities than that mentioned can ])robably be most eco- 

 nomically saved in a silo, and many who have tried both methods 

 favor the latter under all circumstances. 



Fig. 1.— Stacks of pea-vine siUikp, sliowing tlie sloping sides wiiere the vines are carted lo tin- ton of the 



stiipk. 



At some factories the vines are put into large stacks, one side of 

 wliich is left sloping (see fig. l),so that a cart loaded with vines may 

 be drawn up and the horse and cart driven around (m top of the stack, 

 thus thoroughly compacting the vines. At other factories the vines 

 are conveyed directly to the stack by means of a carrier (see fig. 2) 

 and trampled by the men who are doing the stacking. The stacks 

 should always be well drained underneath, so that the surplus juice 

 may ooze out and be carried away in ditches. Wlien properly built 

 and well jnicked only about 8 inches of the outside mass will spoil. 



WHiere the vines are kept in the silo they may be put in just as they 

 come from the viner or the}^ may be run through a silage cutter first. 

 ^\^len they are put in as they come from the vmer they require more 



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