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because it is more commonly fed in the cut form. 

 More especially is this true of silage fed from a 

 truck in properly constructed stables. It also ob- 

 viates the necessity of cutting or chaffing, as it is 

 sometimes called, other fodder to provide a bulk 

 factor with which to mix the meal fed, since the meal 

 so fed can be mixed with the silage. But these 

 benefits do not apply equally when the silage is made 

 in the uncut form, that is. when it is put into the silo 

 without running it through a cutting box. 



PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS. 



The following considerations based, in part at 

 least, on what has already been said on the benefits 

 from soiling crops will now be discussed, viz. : — 

 I, The benefits from the silo do not apply equally 

 in all parts of the country. 2, Because of this, while 

 in some sections silos are, in a sense, indispensable, 

 in others the wisdom of building them may well be 

 called in question. 3, In the present state of our 

 knowledge, therefore, the relative distribution of 

 silos (if the term may be thus used) in the United 

 States and Canada can only be given with approxi- 

 mate correctness. 



Benefits Do Not Apply Equally. — That the 

 benefits from the silo do not apply equally is easy of 

 demonstration. These will be relatively greater : — 

 I, When more or less difficulty is usually experienced 

 in curing crops in the dried form. 2, In localities 

 where building materials are relatively dear. 3, 

 Where the winters are relatively long. 4, Where 

 the staple crops grown are not easily preserved 



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