94 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



A. — I cannot see. 



Q. — If you were going to put in a good machine would you 

 recommend a blower. 



A. — I do not know, I never used one. They require more 

 power to run them. 



Q. My experience is, you will have to handle the feed over 

 twice where you use a cutter. The ears and kernels fall straight 

 down and are not distributed evenly over the surface. Take the 

 blower and they distribute it all evenly and you can get a quarter 

 more ensilage in the same space with the blower than you can 

 With a cutter but it takes two or three times the power to operate 

 it. You recommend not for one farmer to put one in alone. 

 You said better to have two or three. 



A. — Yes sir, I do. The first year I filled alone it cost me 

 over a dollar a ton and last year fifty-four cents. The additional 

 cost was, because I had to hire so much. When three work to- 

 gether we can save money. 



Q. — You say you can fill three Silos with only one set of 

 machinery ? 



A. — Yes, that is right. 



Mr. Mason : — I do as he does. I run a small stream of 

 water into the cutter but I cut ensilage a little longer than he 

 speaks of and I put a load through in half of the time. I have 

 a blower and it takes more power to run it but it has a larger 

 capacity. 



Q. — Do you think you get a larger amount in a less space 

 with a blower ? 



A. — You can get it pretty solid. 



