lo Nov., 1909.] 



Silos and Silage. 



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cutter spindle to sprocket on elevator the slats will work up the bottom 

 floor of elevator. In order to make the slats work up the top floor an 

 idler sprocket (the bottom sprocket in illustration) has been introduced. 

 The chain is taken from cutter sprocket round idler, and the idler is so 

 fixed that the chain catches six sprockets of wheel on elevator. In the 

 illustration is shown a chain tightener fixed to a piece of timber secured 

 to legs of the chaffcutter. To insure clean working all three sprocket wheels 

 should be in one plane, and chain should not be allowed to get tco slack. 



SILO ELEVATOR CONNECTED WITH CHAFFCUTTER. 



It will be noticed that the drive of the chain on the elevator sprocket 

 is on the pulling side. This arrangement works smoother than that shown 

 in last month's Journal. 



STACK SILAGE. 



In a season like this when there is an abundance of growth, such as 

 weeds, wild oats, trefoil, thistles, &c., which, if not saved, will go to 

 waste, many tons of valuable fodder mav be conserved in a succulent 

 condition for the dry weather of summer and autumn or for lean years and 

 drought times, by making this material into silage. A quick and con- 

 venient method is to make a square stack upon a log bottom, keeping the 



