THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL CONVENTION 79 



Mr. Shilling : From my experience I could not say, but I 

 think you could. 



Member : I think not. 



Mr. Shilling: After you get enough it is like the Dutch- 

 man's beer, too much is just enough. I still contend there is a 

 limit; you cannot float ensilage in water. 



Member : It would work out around the sides. 



President : Any further questions ; this is pretty interest- 

 ing. 



Mr. Shilling : You have gotten five hundred silos, you 

 ought to have five thousand, you have that many farms With 

 your high priced land you must get more to the acre, this silage 

 business you have got to come to. 



Member : I would not feed cattle with it. 



Mr. Shilling : I would not own a farm without one, I 

 could not afford to. 



President : How short do you cut it ? 



Mr. Shilling: About a quarter of an inch, the closer 

 the better, it packs better. You can exclude the air better if cut 

 fine, in ensilage they eat it all, and that is the value of it, if it 

 was in shock probably 50 per cent would not be eaten, now it 

 is all eaten. 



Mr. Skinnerhorn : I heard at a Farmer's Institute that 

 they do not feed cow peas to a dairy cow with profit, we want 

 to get right and I would like to have Mr. Cox tell us about it. 

 We want that thing threshed out. 



Mr. Shilling : Gentlemen, I thank you. 



Mr. Cox: The statement was made that when we got a 



