THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. 93 



Q. — Do you advocate building one large Silo or two small 

 ones? 



A. — It all depends on the amount of stock you have. You 

 should feed from two to three inches off from the top every day. 



Q. — Do you salt it? 



A.— No. 



Q. — Do you put the water in it for the simple reason of keep- 

 ing the air out, that is making it lay closer together? 



A. — I have never regarded this as the reason. There may 

 be a scientific point in this that I do not understand. One man 

 in the Silo walks only around the outer edge. We pack it there 

 and not anywhere else which excludes the air. After removing 

 the top, I will not have a bushel of spoiled silage in the Silo. 



Q. — Is any dry hay fed? 



A. — No, sir, when I built my silo I did not manage my hay 

 land right and the first thing I knew I had my barn full and fifty 

 tons on the outside which I had to sell and if there is anything 

 that I dislike to sell off my farm it is hay. 



Q. — A member — We have had considerable experience with 

 ensilage corn being frosted and our method is to put water on it. 

 You say you cut your ensilage a quarter of an inch. Our looks 

 like three-quarters of an inch. 



A. — Maybe I lied a quarter on an inch. I just looked at it 

 and guessed. That is my idea of it now as I take it from mem- 

 ory, but it is possible it was nearer a half or three quarters of an 

 inch than a quarter of an inch. 



Q. — Would you call that a quarter of an inch (showing 

 measurement). 



