428 MISSOURI AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



SELF-FEEDER. 



* * * * Salem, Ohio, June 10, 1903. 



Gentlemen — The No. 16 * * * self-feed ensilage cutter and swivel 

 carrier we have been using the past three seasons, with which to fill 

 seven large silos, has proven entirely satisfactory and fulfills the guaran- 

 tee. We usually have four teams to haul the corn in from the field, and 

 have never yet been able to keep the machine continuously supplied. The 

 self-feed saves two men at the cutter and adds materially to its capacity. 



Very respectfully, 



O. E. Whinnery, Dairyman. 



SOMETHING DOING. 



Three 550-ton silos and one 1,500-ton silo readily filled with two 

 No. ig * * * * cutters and blowers. 



Washington Courthouse, Ohio, Feb. 2, 1903. 



* * * Mfo" Co * * * 



Dear Sirs — During the year 190 1 we used one of your No. 19 ensilage 

 cutters, with blower attachment, and found the same to be eminently sat- 

 isfactory. The machine is capable of doing all that you claim for it, and 

 upon actual tests we were able, at times, to put into a silo, 42 feet high, 

 corn ensilage at the rate of 30 tons per hour, using a i6-horse-power 

 engine. 



It was entirely practical to cut at the rate of 12 to 20 tons per 

 hour during the whole day's time. During the year we had three 55*^" 

 ton silos to fill and were under the necessity of getting a cutter which 

 would do the work rapidly in order to get them filled in. time. During 

 the past year we filled, in addition to the silos mentioned, a large silo 

 of 1,500 tons capacity, which is 52 feet in height. We filled all of these 

 silos with two of your No. 19 cutters. 



Yours truly, 



Humphrey Jones. 



a caution. 



It would not be right to close this subject without mentioning one 

 feature which is often neglected in a discussion of the merits of the 

 silo. When green feeds are piled up they always begin to heat. This 

 rotting process, which causes the heat, at the same time causes large 

 quantities of carbonic acid gas to be given off. If the silo has been 



