WHAT IS A SILO, AND WHAT IS ENSILAGE ? 



This is what the farmers want to know when the "New 

 Dispensation, or system of Ensilage" is presented to their 

 attention. 



A SILO is a cistern or vat, air and water tight on the bottom 

 and sides, with an open top, constructed of masonry or concrete. 

 It may be square, rectangular, round or oval in shape, with per- 

 pendicular sides, used to store in their green state forage-crops, 

 such as corn, sorgho, rye, oats, millet, Hungarian grass, clover, 

 and all the grasses. This forage is cut and taken directly from 

 the field, run through a cutter which cuts it into pieces less than 

 half an inch in length, and trampled down solidly in the SILO, 

 and subjected to heavy and continuous pressure. 



The structure is the SILO, which may be above ground, or 

 partly or entirely below the surface of the ground. The fodder 

 preserved in SILOS is ENSILAGE. 



