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SILOS AND ENSILAGE. 



sections, for instance, for a length of ten rods into five 

 sections, and by this division the labor is very much 

 facilitated, because the first section can be covered with 

 earth, while the second section is being filled. When a 

 certain quantity of beets are cut, we place at first a layer 

 of chaff upon the ground of the first section, upon this 

 chaff is placed a layer of cut beets, in the proportion of 

 one pound of chaff to ten pounds of cut beets ; these two 

 layers are then solidly mixed with a fork ; after having 

 done so, a layer of chaff and beets is again laid down, 

 and again well mixed. This is repeated until the mixture 

 reaches the top of the ditch ; then it must be built up- 



Fig. 15. PIT OF BEETS AND CHAFF. 



ward from six to nine feet above the level of the ground. 

 On the top of the stack are laid a few sheaves of rye- 

 straw, to prevent the fodder being mixed with earth ; 

 then the first section is covered with earth, commencing 

 the covering at first on the top of the stack. When the 

 first section is finished, the second and all following sec- 

 tions are managed in the same manner, as above described; 

 when the whole ditch is filled, we take care that the stack 

 is covered on every side with one and a half to two feet 

 of earth. This sour-fodder, mixed with corn meal or 



