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relatives in the west of England never fail in putting up silage^ 

 stacks three times as long as this building and ten feet in width, 

 and the results are good. 



Mr. Simpson: I have been using a silo about five or six 

 years and my trouble was always having it spoil in the corners 

 and around by the walls; otherwise,' I have been well satisfied. 

 I always let my silo dry out thoroughly in the summer after feed- 

 ing out and I see no evidence of decay yet. I cut the corn 

 when it is just beginning to glaze. 



The President: How do you account for its spoiling around 

 the corners.? 



Mr. Simpson: The only reason I can see is that it is not 

 solid enough when it is put in. I tread it but I can't seem to 

 get it quite right in the corners. 



The Chairman: Don't you think there are liable to be some 

 airholes there.? 



Mr. Simpson: No, there are no airholes. I do not weight 

 it nor cover it. There may be a foot spoiled on top. 



Mr. Monrad: Are you making butter.? 



Mr. Simpson: Yes, my cows average me about a pound a 

 day and three of them are two-year-olds. 



Mr. Hanna: I built a silo in 1890 and having never seen 

 one I made a little mistake. Somebody had said to build the 

 silo a little smaller at the bottom than at the top. My silo 

 was not as strong as it should have been; it was thirteen feet 

 in the clear on the inside and twenty feet deep, and it sprung a 

 little in the center, and my ensilage will mould on the outside 

 until it comes to there; from that down it is perfectly sotind. 

 It will press against the sides above and that lets the air in. 



A Member: I have had a silo for four years and the first 

 year I had very good success with it. I always go in my silo 

 and tramp it down in the corners. In filling I always keep the 

 sides about three feet higher than the middle. I made a kind 

 of a big door; I hang that up by ropes, slanting at first to one- 

 side and then to another, and so on. My silo keeps all right, 

 hasn't shrunk a bit. I cut the corner off of my silo, so I have- 



