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der in filling silos, is the use of the Blower Elevator which 

 blows the cut fodder into the silo through a continuous 

 pipe. Blower Elevators (see illustration of "Ohio" Blower 

 Cutter, Fig. 29) have been in use to an increasing extent 

 for several years, and today there is absolutely no doubt 

 as to their superiority for elevating the material. Where 

 sufficient power is available there is no difficulty in ele- 

 vating the cut fodder into the highest silos. 



Although the Blower Machines require somewhat more 

 power than the old style Carrier, they have numerous 



Fig. 29. This illustration shows a No. 19 Monarch Self -Feed Blower Cutter 

 filling three forty-foot silos, 500 tons capacity, at the Ingleside Farms, 

 Thorndale, Chester county, Pa. At the time the photograph was taken, 

 this machine had just replaced an exploded fly-wheel cutter which nearly 

 killed one of the workmen. 



