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The cows ate the silage with relish. The cane silage seemed most 

 palatable. 



The silage was stored in wooden-stave and in cement silos. It kept 

 equally as well in cement as in wood. 



The time of cutting cane and kafir for silage is all-important in making 

 good silage from these crops. The crops should be practically mature; that 

 is, the seed should be mature. At this time the stalk is still filled with sap 

 and will make good silage. If put up too green, it will make sour silage. 

 The crops should be put up before frost if possible, but it is better to let 

 the crop stand until after frost than to put it up too green. After a heavy 

 frost, the Crop should be cut and siloed immediately. If it dries out too 

 much, sufficient water should be added to cause it to pack well. 



A DELEGATE: 



Would you add any water to the dry fodder? 



PROFESSOR REED: 



Yes, #ir; you can add up to 50 percent of its own weight. If it is 

 put in out of the shock it needs water added to it. The whole secret is 

 to get it dry enough and then get it packed. 



A DELEGATE: 



In packing this, would you pack it around the edge of the silo instead 

 of the middle? 



PROFESSOR REED: 



The way I like to fill a silo is to fill it; keeping the outside a little 

 higher than the center, and when you are about one-third from the top, 

 keep it level or build it from the center a little. 



A DELEGATE: 



You keep it higher at the sides. Will it not settle down at the middle ? 



PROFESSOR REED: 



Yes; if you do not use care in building it up. 



A DELEGATE: 



Is there any danger of adding too much water? 



PROFESSOR REED: 



Yes and no. If you have a silo that the water cannot get out of, 

 there is danger of adding too much. 



A DELEGATE: 



Have you made any experiments in the feeding value of kafir and 

 feterita as silage? 



PROFESSOR REED: 



We have not, but as a general thing, the feterita and kafir would 



