FOURTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART V. 253 



value than a church without a preacher. There are comparative^^ few 

 days when corn is in just the proper stage to make the test silage, hence 

 it is of the utmost importance that we be provided with good machinery 

 and have everything in perfect order. If a carrier is used it should be 

 put in place long before the binder is in the field and loaded teams are 

 at hand. If a pneumatic carrier or blower is used you should know that 

 it will elevate to the height desired without causing delay. No greater 

 annoyance comes to the dairyman than unnecessary delay at the time 

 of filling the silos. 



After five years' experience with the silo I am fully convinced that 

 there is no single adjunct that the dairyman can adopt from which he 

 will derive the advantages obtained by the use of the silo. 



Thi: Pri:side>;T: I would like to have this whole siihject dis- 

 ctissed and would be glad to have you ask Mr. Mowbray as 

 many questions as you desire. Tt is a subjeet of great importance 

 and one that will claim your attention ircm this time forward. 



DISC'/SSION. 



Mr. Olson : I would like to ask the gentleman if he fills his 

 silo from the top and if he takes out stuff from the top? 



Answer: We fill it from the top and we take it out from the 

 top. Our silo is built thirty by sixteen feet and stands about two 

 and a half feet from the barn. The l^arn stands here and the 

 silo is here (illustrates with model). The machinery stands off 

 here; we have five doors on this side. 



Mr. Olson: Will silage freeze? 



Answer: It will freeze a little aroun.d the edge but we always 

 keep a pickaxe in our silo and keep it ]:)erfectly level on to]i. Take 

 off the entire surface exery day, or at least every two days, ^■^ 

 cold weather. 



Question: Is Your silo round or square? 



Answer : It is round. 



Question: Hoops around it? 



Ansxver: Yes, hoops around it. V.'c have fourteen hoops 

 around. Our silo is thirty feet high. 



Mr. Taylor: How^ are your joints? 



Answer : This illustrates exactly the way in which our staves 

 are spliced. That is fourteen and sixteen feet two by four. 



