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of water that it took to aoak up that dry corn, and I knew if I didn't keep 

 it thoTOughly soaked that it would all rot 



Mr. Young: How about using chaff for the cover and top of the 

 silo? 



A. That is one of the nicest things you can get, but wet it. Wet it 

 before you put it up if you can. 



Q. I am wondering if that concrete wall works well for a silo, why 

 it would not be well for an icehouse. If the timber won't rot, why won't 

 it do for that? 



A. You would have to effect a compromise. It would not do to 

 make a concrete wall. You would conduct so much heat through it to 

 your ice. If you put some air spaces in a six inch concrete wall, and all 

 dead outside to stop the circulation of the air, it would be all right. 



Q. But make it the way of making a silo, by plastering? 



A. You would be cracking it. 



Prof. Frazer: How did that corn keep that you put in dry and wet- 

 ted do^n? 



A. I don't know yet; I am on the anxious seat myself. 



Q. Did it get very hot? 



A. Yes, quite hot. 



Mr. Hostetter: How dry was that? 



A. As dry as I ever saw corn get in December. When those winds^ 

 were blowing up so dry it blew it all around the buildings. Dry enough 

 to put away in a mow. You can' t very often do that in December. 



Mr. Wheeler: The results you obtained, the apparent beneficial re- 

 sults was due to itsi moisture. 



A. That's true largely. It is a more perishable food, more like 

 grass than the dry food is. The cows prefer it. The horsies' like it. 

 Everything around the farm likes it. 



Q. What do you harvest this crop with? 



A. We cut it with corn harvester and usually bind it. That's a 

 question in my mind whether I save enough labor to pay for the twine. 

 I am figuring that out now. The re has been a little question in my mind 



