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of crushing out the air, and thus preventing the 

 temperature from rising. In addition, salt should, 

 of course, be used perhaps a little more liberally than 

 one stone to the ton. 



When a stack is completed, and when the 

 temperature reaches, say, 140° F. (which should not 

 happen if judgment and salt are used in the making 

 of the stack) it is, of course, impossible to lower the 

 temperature by putting on more stuff. Under such 

 conditions holes may be bored in the stack to allow 

 the heat to escape, but a better thing to try first is 

 a strong brine of salt and water, using as much salt 

 as the water will dissolve, and pouring the water 

 along the centre ridge of the stack. 



Made in the way indicated, carted slightly green, 

 with salt used in the stacking, vetch hay makes 

 excellent feeding. It comes out of the stack with a 

 greenish tinge, and with the most beautiful smell. 

 The salt also makes the fodder very appetising to 

 cattle. 



ENSILAGE SYSTEMS: NEW AND OLD 



In the foregoing, some indication has been given 

 as to the labour economies which can be practised 

 by a modification in various popular methods of hay- 

 making, and by the use of modern machinery. These 

 economies are possible irrespective of good or bad 

 weather, but, as a general rule, unless good weather 

 prevails at hay-harvesting times, it is better rather 

 than waiting for more favourable weather, to convert 

 either vetch hay or ordinary hay into ensilage. 



This can be done in broken weather, even if it is 

 actually raining, and for this reason serves as another 

 example of how the Continuous Cropping system 

 enables the farmer to conquer the climate rather than 

 let it conquer him. 



