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rainstorm probably would). Some deliver the fod- 

 der to the cutter in one-horse dump carts, dumping 

 the load at the cutter, and returning to the field. 



FILLING THE SILO. 



A chute should be arranged to receive the silage 

 as it comes into the top of the silo, and be so set as 

 to cause the silage to fall in the center of the silo, 

 for two reasons : if the silage is delivered into the 

 silo from the carrier direct, the larger and heavier 

 pieces are thrown out from the rest, and are, there- 

 fore, more or less separated on landing inside. This 

 should be avoided. Again, if the silage falls into 

 the middle, and is allowed to form a stack there, 

 the man who distributes the silage to the sides has 

 all downhill work, and no attention need be paid to 

 tramping except just around the edges. 



The tramping of the edges is best accomplished by 

 a man standing with his back to the silo wall, and 

 taking short side steps around the silo, then, spread- 

 ing out another layer, say, a foot thick or more, from 

 what is accumulating in the centre, then treading 

 again. 



The idea of keeping a lot of men in a silo and 

 sometimes a horse to tread is superfluous. If the silo 

 is large and the cutting very rapid, before the men 

 quit at night or before starting next morning, all 

 hands can go in for a few minutes and help, or when 

 there are a few minutes to spare between loads, the 

 cutter, and feeder, and engineer, if there is one, can 



