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pack well, such as old, wet hay, for example, should be placed 

 On top of the silage immediately after filling, and this should be 

 followed by a thorough wetting so as to hasten the settling and 

 matting process. Usually a dozen barrels of water may be run 

 over the top of the silage to good advantage. 



COST OF SILOS AND MACHINERY. The cost of silos varies 

 with the cost of materials and the method of construction/ An 

 80-ton silo of the Curler type can be built for about $150. 

 Other silos of the same capacity but made of different materials 

 may cost double this amount. 



A moderate sized ensilage cutter that would answer for an 

 80-ton silo would also cost about $150. 



Where some form of power must be purchased a gasoline 

 engine is recommended because of the many other uses it may 

 serve on a dairy farm. 



A moderate sized ensilage cutter when not too heavily fed 

 can be operated satisfactorily with an eight horse power gaso- 

 line engine. The cost of such an engine is about $325. 



DEPTH OF SILAGE THAT MUST DAILY BE REMOVED FROM 

 TOP. Owing to the constant contact of the air with the top 

 layer of silage, it is necessary to remove a horizontal layer of 

 silage to a depth of not less than 11-2 inches daily to prevent 

 any from spoiling. If this fact is kept in mind when building 

 a silo, its diameter can be made such as to make possible the 

 feeding of a layer of this depth daily with the amount of live 

 stock at hand. 



PART III. Feeding Swine. 



The farmer who will avail himself of the natural conditions 

 for swine raising in South Carolina can produce pork with less 

 labor and at a lower cost of feed than is possible in the best 

 sections of the corn belt. Why then not prodt?ce our own pork 

 instead of depending upon the West for it? 



FEEDING BROOD Sows. A month before farrowing the sow 

 should receive a liberal allowance of nutritious feed to properly 

 develop the young within her. A mixture of wheat middlings 

 and wheat bran, rice meal, peas, or oats, supplemented with 

 succulent rougage, such as suitable grazing or root crops, will 



