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THE BOOK OF ENSILAGE. 



Where it is not convenient to get stone for weights, 

 heavy logs of wood may be used, sawed in pieces about 

 three feet in length, and placed on end all over the 

 planks which cover the Ensilage ; three feet of wood 

 being about equal in weight to one foot of stone. Or 

 broken bricks may be obtained at the brickyards at a 

 nominal price. Where neither of the above is availa- 

 ble, bags or boxes of earth may be used as weights. 

 Where boxes of earth are used, they should be made of 

 such a size as to fit close together side by side. 



M. Goffart recommends that the corners be rounded. 

 I thought that cutting them off, as shown in the diagram, 

 would answer as well and be much less expensive. I 

 find, upon opening the Silo, that the Ensilage is pre- 



Earth-box for weights, showing convenient handles which will not interfere with piling the 



boxes when removed. 



