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ful that I shall have a machine for next season 

 that will do this work quite satisfactorily. 

 When this is accomplished the expense of fill- 

 ing our silos will be materially reduced. 



Wet chaflF for weighting silos. — For three 

 years I have used chaff to weight my silos, hav- 

 ing first made it as wet as possible. In this 

 condition it packs very closely and makes the 

 besb covering I have ever used. Twelve inches 

 of it will protect the corn so there will be none 

 of it lost from decay. 



Warm the water. — As soon as we get freez- 

 ing weather I warm the water for my cows. I 

 have a steam boiler at my farm and a reservoir 

 for water on the floor above. The water runs 

 underground to the stables. When we wish to 

 warm the water for the cows we connect the 

 water and steam pipes and inject sufficient 

 steam into the water as it runs to the barn to 

 give the desired temperature — 75 to 80 deg. 

 Fah. I find my cows prefer the warm water to 

 cold water. They give more milk when they 

 have warm water; they also look better and 

 are less liable to sickness. It is safe to let a 

 cow drink all the warm water she wants at 

 any time, but it is not safe to let her drink all 

 the cold water she wants. This I know to my 

 cost. 



I have heard men argue that warm water is 

 not palatable to stock. This does not agree 



