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air and consequent cooling after heating up so much was con- 
sidered against the good keeping of the silage. 
The silos remained undisturbed until January 16, 17, 18, 1889, 
when they were opened and contents weighed. 
In No. 1, left unweighted with an average depth of 5 feet, there 
was found an average depth of about 4 feet, and a body of 
sound fresh green silage 5 feet square by 2 feet deep. A little 
more was fit to use but this portion was prime silage. 
In No. 2, the silage was decayed nearly two feet on the sides, 
but of that portion the outer 8 inches was cured and dry as 
fodder. Nearly 1 tach was discolored on the bottom. The top 
was good up to the straw. ‘The condition of silage taken verti- 
cally from the bottom was as follows: 
20 inches of bottom fresh green silage. 
15 inches sorghum brown yet feedable. 
20 inches corn above sorghum brown yet may be feedable. 
13 inches corn at top somewhat brown yet feedable. 
There was no part of the stack which could be called unfit to 
feed except the outside, though the browned portions had been 
greatly damaged by the handling and exposure after the develop- 
ment of heat in the rehandled mass. The damage outside calcu- 
lated at 12 feet amounts to about fifty per cent of the whole, 
while fifty per cent is left in a succulent condition nearly as 
acceptable to stock as green corn. 
It is unfortunate that this silage had to be handled after once 
being put up, otherwise it would undoubtedly have been as good 
as the bottom 20 inches. A sample of this portion was sent 
Mr. Wood, who pronounced it “as good ensilage as I ever saw — 
nothing could well be better.” 
Tested in several places while being removed, the highest 
temperature noted on the thermometer when thrust into the side 
of the freshly cut down portion was 112° F. near the middle of 
the mass. ‘Temperature of other parts ranged from 100° to 
110° F. 
A section near the bottom was cut out, weighed and found to 
be 36.4 pounds per cubic foot. | 
This can not be called a really fair trial because of the accident 
to the first stack, yet it demonstrates what can be done in presery- 
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