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Journal of Agriculture, Victoina. 



[10 May, 1919. 



{To be coutinued.) 



ENSILAGE CHUTE. 



Iiistead of leaving portholes in the walls of the silo, a fanner has 

 devised an ingenious chute for sending the silage to the ground. Plans 

 of this chute are shown on the opposite page. The objection to 

 the porthole is that it is necessary to dig down to each one to 

 open it, and the first material sent down must be that nearest to the 

 opening. In the other method an opening (Fig. 1) is left in the wall 

 at the ground level, about 3 feet high and 2 feet wide. From the top 

 of this runs the chute on the inside of the wall to the top, hanging from 

 the top of the wall by a stout iron band, bolted to the back of the 

 chute. This chute has for sides two long 6-in. boards (8-in. would be 

 better), nailed to a back of stout galvanized iron. The width of the open- 

 ing is 15 inches, but could, with profit, be increased to 18 inches. The 

 open front (Fig. 2) is closed by short boards, lightly nailed on, as the 

 filling proceeds, being held in position by the pressure of the silage. 

 The silage is taken from round the edges of the silo first, is thrown with 

 a broad, square-mouthed grain shovel against the back of the chute, 

 and rapidly falls to the bottom, Avhence a truck takes it to the mixing 



