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me that it is necessary to fill rapidly to secure 

 good silage. However it is necessary that there 

 should not be periods of more than two or three 

 days' time when feed is not put into the silo. 

 This is necessary to prevent some of the silage 

 spoiling, as it becomes very warm on top, and 

 decay will commence in a surprisingly short 

 time. I have been caught in this way, so I am 

 talking from experience. 



The Silage Cutter and Blower. — I use a cutter 

 tliat picks the large pieces fine after they are 

 cut. I have been terribly annoyed with the 

 double chain elevators and now use a single 

 chain elevator and have no trouble. I would not 

 put up a double chain elevator if one were given 

 to me, as I have never been able to prevent one 

 side getting ahead of the other and causing a 

 break which is very expensive with a lot of help 

 about. Of late blowers have been used for ele- 

 vating the silage in place of the elevators, and 

 they have been very successful. 



Method of Wetting Silage. — ^Wlien the corn 

 becomes so dry that it needs to be moistened 

 conduct water to the feed cutter through a hose 

 or pipe and have it sprinkled on the feed as it 

 drops from the cutter on the elevator. This can 

 be done by having a perforated pipe made fast 

 across the lower part of the elevator to which 

 the water hose is to be attached. This plan re- 

 quires no labor and but little care, and it does 

 unifonn work. 



