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filling. It is essential to the preserving of silage that it be 

 well packed, keeping it level and thoroughly tramped. This 

 very important task is often intrusted to a lad who spends his 



Fig. 88. — Silo in the Process of Construction by Farm Labor. This 

 silo, 16 feet in diameter and 30 feet high, was completed at a cost of one 

 dollar for each ton capacity. 



time in standing in the breeze of the blower, with the result 

 that the silage comes out of the silo somewhat molded the 

 following winter. 



