at Home and Abroad. 
Ill 
tons cwt. qrs. lbs. 
Total weight at completion, tri-ass 16 9 0 6 
salt 2 2 16 
Total weight in silo .. 16 11 2 22 
Total acreage mown, July i 2h 
July 5 1^ 
» „ » July 27 li 
Total .. 5i 
Cost of Filling Silo, Tatton Park. 
1883 ; £ s. d. 
Jidy i. — One man driving, and for hire of engine 0 13 6 
„ One man feeding chaff-cutter 03 6 
„ One man supplying him 03 6 
„ Three men in silo treading and tramming 0 12 0 
„ One man in silo spreading and salting 0 4 0 
„. Two men and one boy placing and removing hampers, 
weighing grass and salt, and filling silo 0 8 6 
,. One man and two horses mowing, and machine .. .. 0 15 0 
„ Two men and tAvo horses leading grass from field . . . . 0 14 0 
„ Two men getting grass together in field 0 7 0 
„ -Two women raking, &c., in field 0-4 6 
Jtdy 5. — One man and engine 0 13 6 
„ One man half day feeding chafi'-cutter 0 16 
„ One man half day supplying him 016 
,, Three men in silo three-quarters of a day 0 6 9 
„ One man in silo spreading and salting 0 2 3 
„ Two men and one boy as above 0 5 7^ 
„ One man and two horses mowing, and machine half day 0 7 6 
„ Two horses and two men carting 070 
„ Two men loading grass in field 030 
.„ Two women „ „ „ 0 4 0 
„ Three men „ „ „ and raking 0 4 6 
„ 29 lbs. cheese, at 8id. = £1 Os. ~d., and 56 lbs. bread, 
at lid. = 7s 17 7- 
„ 36 gallons beer, atSd 14 0 
Jidy 2~ — Engine and driver 0 12 0 
„ Four men in silo 0 14 0 
,, Seven men in field 110 
„ 14Mbs. cheese = 10s. 3^t?. ; 28 lbs. bread, 3s. 6c?. .. 0 13 9i 
„ Beer, 12 gallons 0 8 0 
„ Mowing machine, half day 07 6 
£13 10 6 
August 20. — This date level of silage stood at 9 feet 6 inches, having 
sunk 2 feet 3 inches since last filling. 
£ s. d. 
The boxes and bricks would be worth .. .. 6 15 0 
Total ,. £7 15 0 
The fodder is taken from the silo in layers, after having been cut with an 
ordinary hay-knife. This expense is but small, as it is done in the ordinary 
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