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br in case of shallow silos. Under ordinary conditions 

 neither weighting nor application of water should be nec- 

 essary. 



There is only one way in which all of the silage can 

 be preserved intact, viz., by beginning to feed the silage 

 within a few days after the silo has been filled. This 

 method is now practiced by many farmers, especially 

 dairymen, who in this manner supplement scant fall 

 pastures. 



By beginning to feed at once from the silo, the silo- 

 ing system is brought to perfection, provided the silo 

 structure is air-tight, and constructed so as to admit of 

 no unnecessary losses of nutrients. Under these con- 

 ditions there is a very considerable saving of food ma- 

 terials over silage made in poorly constructed silos, or 

 over field-cured shocked fodder corn, as we have al- 

 ready seen. 



Clover Silage. 



Green clover may be siloed whole or cut, but the 

 later method is to be recommended. The clover should 

 not be left to wilt between cutting and siloing, and the 

 silo should be filled rapidly, so as to cause no unneces- 

 sary losses by fermentation. 



The different species of clover will prove satisfactory 

 silo crops; ordinary red or medium clover is most used 

 in Northwestern States, along with mammoth clover; 

 the latter matures later than medium or red clover, and 

 may therefore be siloed later than these. Alfalfa, or 

 lucerne, is, as previously stated, often siloed in the West. 

 Under the conditions present there it will generally pro- 

 duce much larger yields than corn, and, preserved in 

 a silo, will furnish a large supply of most valuable feed. 

 Prof. Neale and others recommended the use of scarlet 

 clover for summer silage, for Delaware and States under 

 similar climatic conditions. 



Says a Canadian dairy farmer: "If we were asked 

 for our opinion as to what will most help the average 



