DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



HAULING TO THE CUTTER. 



The common hay-flats that are usually used in hauling the green corn from the 

 field to the cutter are objectionable on account of the height the corn has to be 

 lifted in loading. If low wheeled wagons are not available, a convenient low-down 

 truck can be made as follows : Two 3- x S-inch pieces are used. IS to 20 feet in 

 length, bolted together at one end to form a \. The apex of the V is suspended to 



Fig. 4 (1). A convenient low-down 

 truck. 



Fig. 4 (2). Showing end boards. 



the front axle by a long king-bolt. The other ends are attached below the hind axle 

 by U-shaped clevises. On these timbers is built a rack 6 feet in width, with a 

 bottom about S feet long. The end boards are 4 feet high, built flaring, so that they 

 do not quite touch the wheels. (Fig. 4.) 



ARGUMENTS FOR THE STAVE SILO. 



(1.) Wood being a non-conductor of heat and cold, all parts of the silage reaches 

 the highest temperatures and therefore keeps well. 



