FILLING THE SILO. 



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days the cover will have pressed the ensilage below the mouth of the 

 pit, on a level with the top of the wall. Then remove this covering, 

 and proceed to cover the ensilage as you would if you had not put in 

 this extra quantity ; spread as quickly as possible over the top of 

 your ensilage, rye, oat, or barley straw, to the depth of six or eight 

 inches ; then place on the top of straw the plank already cut to 

 lengths, crossways of your silo, close together, covering the whole 

 surface of the plank with stone or rocks, not less than one foot in 

 depth. If stones and rocks are scarce, place bricks, iron, boxes, or 

 bags of dirt, logs of wood, any thing that will weight down and com- 

 press the ensilage. By following these directions, you will always 

 have good success. 



I have visited, or corresponded with, thirty-seven different parties, 

 within the past year, who have silos : all are enthusiastic on the good 

 reports of ensilage ; and the majority who have not large silos will 

 build one some two additional the coming year. 



TAKING ENSILAGE FROM SILO BY VERTICAL SLICING, 



