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vines, beet tops and roots and many other things would make 

 good ensilage. The prickly comfrey might be made very use- 

 ful in eombinatien with pea vines or corn by facilitating a 

 closer packing. But all should be cut short to ensure close 

 packing. 



FEEDING. 



The silo should have movable partitions of plank. When the 

 ensilage is to be used it should be cut from top to bottom and 

 the partition moved up close and propped against the perpen- 

 dicular mass. By means of these partitions a part of the silo 

 may be filled at one time, and other parts later. Attempting to 

 fill too great a length at once might cause great loss, for the corn 

 or other plant must be cut rapidly and hauled as fast as cut and 

 worked up without delay so as to prevent wilting. It seems to 

 do better to fill only a foot or two a day than more, thus giving 

 time to settle better. 



Excellent machines are now made for cutting corn and other 

 plants into thin slices at the rate of many tons a day, the length 

 adjustable 'fiom a quarter of an inch to one or two inches. The 

 expense of corn ensilage is much less than that of the same 

 quantity prepared in any other way. 



