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getting out the silage. A silo should be taller than its diameter, 

 so that when filled the weight of the silage will keep it tightly 

 packed. Almost all silos are circular in shape. Most silos 

 are made out of timber, although many are now being made 



24. FILLING A SILO 



This is one of the best methods of preserving the com crop 



By courtesy of the Indiana Experiment Station 



of brick and some of concrete. A silo should be air-tight 

 around the sides, else the silage will spoil wherever the air 

 strikes it. 



In putting up silage, the corn is cut in the field by hand or 

 with a binder, loaded on wagons, and hauled to the silo. 

 Here it is run through a cutting machine, which cuts it into 

 short lengths of one or two inches. This cut corn is blown 

 into the top of the silo with a blower and falls in showers to 

 the bottom. Two or three men work in the silo, spreading 



