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green crops are not available, but also provides green 

 fodder during drouths in summer and autumn. A 

 number of experiment stations have tested silage two 

 or three years old and find that where it kept well it 

 was just as good as when only six months old. Prac- 

 tical farmers have had the same experience and find it 

 much the cheapest method of supplying succulent feed 



Fig 39— Filling the Silo 



during that part of the year when pastures are short. 

 If not needed the first summer it can be held until the 

 next winter or even the next summer. Many are 

 coming to believe that soiling and the silo are more 

 economical than trying to provide pasturage for 

 farm animals. 



Preserving Green Crops Without Silo — Various 

 attempts have been made to preserve green crops with- 

 out a silo. The plan is to stack them in the open air 



