CHAPTER V 



THE WIBBERLEY WAY OF MAKING ENSILAGE 



There is still the matter of ensilage made from tares 

 which must be dealt with. Continuous rain soon spoils 

 a heavy crop of tares, but continuous rain need not 

 hinder continuous cropping. The system is practically 

 weather-proof, and in our erratic chmate any system 

 of tillage that isn't, isn't worth a thought. 



There are two chief systems of silage-making at 

 present, the silo and the stack system. The type of 

 silo which is most useful is the American stave silo. 

 As this system is altogether too costly for the small 

 farmer, however, and, in the writer's opinion, only 

 really needed in exceptional circumstances by the 

 larger farmer, the matter is not here dealt with. On 

 the other hand, stack silage is a practical proposition 

 for a large or small farmer, so that this system is 

 fully dealt with. 



Hitherto it was thought very necessary in making a 

 stack of ensilage to fix up a most elaborate apparatus 

 for compressing the stack. There was an arrangement 

 of ropes, winches, and struts, by means of which 

 pressure was applied. Such apparatus on the plan 

 followed by the writer is not in the least needed. 



Before describing the new system, it may bo 

 necessary to explain that there are two kinds of 

 ensilage, sweet ensilage and sour ensilage. A more 

 descriptive name for the latter variety is muck, for 

 whilst undoubtedly it has a feeding value, the smell i? 



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