drawn direct from the field) cut into about one-inch pieces and 

 elevated with a carrier similar to those used on threshing ma- 

 chines. This discharged it onto a horizontal push conveyor, 

 running from the door to the center of the further bin. This 

 conveyor was made of dressed boards about eighteen inches 

 wide on the bottom, four inches on the sides, and was 

 suspended from the rafters. Over the two first bins were trap 

 doors. The belt, which was, of course, an open endless one 

 with cleats, would shove the feed along to the first trap door 

 (open) until a sufficient quantity was. run in. The door was 

 then closed and the feed conveyed to the second door, then to 

 the third, or the further one. 



Mr. Gurler thinks it better to cut the corn one or two days 

 before using. Allow it to wilt, and then run a portion 

 in all of the bins each day and allow them to settle about even. 

 The power by which the horizontal conveyor is driven is ob- 

 tained by connecting the ends of the two carriers near the door 

 with a chain or link belt and pulleys. As his field was some 

 distance from the silo it required three teams to draw the feed 

 to the platform, and about twenty men to run it to advantage. 

 With this force they could put up about six tons per hour. Mr. 

 G. estimates the cost of cutting, drawing and putting it in at 

 about $7.00 per acre, which is only about $2.00 per acre more 

 than it costs him to put the same in shocks." 



President: "What kind of corn does he use?" 

 Mr. Potter: " Ensilage corn. I think he put in a little na- 

 tive corn, but not much." 



Mr. Boyd: " How much did he cut to the acre this year?" 

 Mr. Potter: "I did not ask him but he had a good crop." 

 John Boyd: ''I think that underground silos are impractical 

 on prairies, and I think that silos built above ground can be 

 built cheaper and practically, just as good. I built mine above 

 ground because I had no means of doing anything else. It is 

 20x32 feet in three compartments and I have a platform built in 

 front. There's only one' door to the building. The platform is 

 4^ feet high from the ground, and the building is all tight as 



