78 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



put them where the corn was, and in this way I have never had 

 any trouble. 



Member : I have had a silo for two years. Last year I had 

 two men inside to fill it and some of the silage spoiled. This 

 year I went in it myself and had no one to help me and I kept 

 going around and kept the outside higher until I got to the center, 

 and then I distributed it equal and this year it is all alike. 



Mr. Shilling : That is the best explanation I have heard. 



Member : You did not have the stave tongued and grooved 

 when you built your silo, Mr. Shilling? 



Mr. Shilling : It was impossible at that time to do it that 

 way, we could not do it by hand and we put it up that way. I 

 had no opportunity to take it to the factory and have it tongued 

 and grooved. 



Member : Is there such a thing as putting in silage too dry ? 



Mr. Shilling : Three years ago we got caught with a frost 

 early and it was neariy a week after this frost came before I got 

 ready to fill my silo and I lost fully half of the leaves, they had 

 blown away. I ran water continuously into the silo from the 

 time I commenced filling until we finished and we never had 

 better silage than we did that year. I do say this, that the great- 

 est mistake we have ever made is to fill our silos with the corn 

 too green. When we first started every man wanted to fill his 

 silo first and now every man wants to fill last. We realize that 

 we have been putting it in too green and in that way it gets sour 

 and acid. This has been more instrumental in giving the silo 

 a black name than any other one thing. I would rather have it 

 too dry than too green. 



Member : Do you usually use water ? 



Mr. Shilling : We never have but this time I spoke about. 



Member : Could you put in too much water ? 



