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work can then be finished in a few days. For small farms 

 and silos, where an engine is not to be had, a two or 

 three-horse tread-power may be used, but it will be found 

 that the work of filling will progress much more slowly 

 than when steam power, such as is suitable for threshing, 

 is used. The filling may be done as rapidly as possible, 

 or may be done slowly, and no harm will result if, for 

 any reason the work be interrupted for some time. More 

 silage can be put into a silo with slow, than with rapid 

 filling. If the farmer owns his own machine, he can, of 

 course, fill his silo and then refill after the silage hasi 

 settled, so that the silo will be nearly full after all settling 

 has taken place. 



If, however, the farmer must depend on hiring an 

 outfit, he will wish to do the filling as rapidly as possible, 

 as a matter of economy. It is, therefore, desirable for 

 the farmer to own his own machine, and that being the 

 case, a smaller machine will suffice; whereas if the 

 machine be hired the largest possible capacity will be 

 desired. 



This has created a demand for various sizes of cutters, 

 and to meet this demand, the "Ohio" Ensilage Cutters 

 are made in six sizes, with knives eleven to twenty-two 

 inches long, and with Metal Bucket Elevators, or Blower 

 Elevators, as desired, adaptable to any height of silo. 

 The traveling feed table (supplied on all but the smallest 

 size "Ohio" Ensilage Cutter, No. 11) and the bull-dog grip 

 feed rolls are valuable features and practically do away 

 with the labor of feeding the heavy green corn, besides 

 increasing the capacity of the machines about one-third, 

 on account of its being so much easier to get a large 

 amount of material past the feed rolls. 



The Metal Bucket Elevator is the older style of ele- 

 vator. It delivers the cut silage corn into the silo through 

 a window or opening at the top and must be longer than 

 the silo is high as it is necessary to run the carrier at 

 somewhat of an angle. The length of the carrier required 

 may be obtained by adding about 40 per cent, to the per- 



