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Mr. Pape : " Suppose I fill the silo with green clover, wilted 

 three or four hours?" 



Mr. Sawyer: " All the better." 



Mr. Pape : " When it came out of the silo would it be 

 spoiled ? " 



Mr. Sawyer: "Not at all, it would be first-class; in fact a 

 little better than if you put it in just as soon as you cut it ; there 

 is moisture enough there to heat it. This Frenchman, Mr. 

 GofFart, thought that he had to put in green feed and dry feed 

 to absorb that moisture, and that is what spoiled it; he got down 

 so he didn't put hardly a particle of straw in, and then his feed 

 kept." 



Mr. Boyd: "Permit me to correct Mr. Sawyer about the 

 straw business. I know several gentlemen who have adopted 

 the course of putting a layer of straw over a layer of ensilage, 

 intermitting, .with the very best success. The straw absorbed 

 the moisture from the ensilage, and it came out in better shape 

 than it did without the straw." 



The Secretary : " In reference to the storing of dry fodder 

 and green fodder together, is it not a waste of space and ex- 

 pense to construct a silo for the purpose of preserving green 

 fodder in a green condition and then occupying a portion of that 

 space with dry fodder?" 



Mr, Boyd: " You are entirely right, but I merely wanted to 

 make the fact known that that was not an injury to the ensilage. 

 In the case that I spoke of these gentlemen had a larger silo 

 than they had ensilage for and they put the straw in to fill up." 



The Secretary: "I think the chances are aginst you when 

 you use dry straw with green fodder. The combination is 

 liable to produce a fermentation, that is foreign to ensilage, and 

 not only that but it increases the heat." 



Mr. Sawyer: "That experiment might have been successful 

 this last season which was a very dry one, but in a wet season 

 I believe the chances would be ten to one against it." 



Mr. Potter: "Three years ago a gentleman who is one of 

 the largest feeders in Iowa informed me that he fed a large 



