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Show - FARM FARMIOPICS . FTopics , FTopicsVENTILATED TOPICS IOPICS IOPICSVENTILATED VENTILATED MOWS MOWSKEEP MOWSKEEP MOWSKEEP KEEP HAY BETTERFalse BETTER BETTERFalse False Floors , Open Sides SidesFound , Found Good Practice . - Supplied Suppl1ed bv by the United States Dpart Depart ( ! DcoartiTient Dpartmcnt Department mcnt ment of Asr1cu1turcWNU AgriculturewNU ABricullure Asr1cu1turc Agriculture ; : -WNU WNU - WNU ServiceBetter ServiceBetter Service ServiceBetter Better ventilation of hay stored in inmows inmows Inmows mows offers otters oners two practical prachcal advan tages advantages to farmers , tests by the bu- bu bureau bu bureau - reau of chemistry andSOIls and soils mdl midi mdlcatc mididate mdicatc catc date dateVell \ Well \Vell Vell ventilated hay keeps heeps Its Itsqual1ty itsquality itsquality qual1ty quality better It does not get so hot sohot and there thcre is less danger of fire firefrom from spontaneous heating Mows MowswIth Mowswith Mowswith wIth false doors floors to cir-1culate cir 1culate allow allO\1 allO 1 allotir \ air to cIr- cIr cIrculate circulate - - culate under the piled hay , andmows andmows and ! mows with one or two h/o h o tvro / open sIdes formed sidesformed by studding studdmg arc are two devices . f devIcesf devicesfor for r improving improvmg ventilation venblatlon of stored storedalfalfa storedalfalfa storedalfalfa alfalfa hay . . Both worked wellm wellpractlcal v/ell v ell well / m in inpractical inpractical practlcal practical tests Good ventilation venblatlOn IS ISparticularly isparticularly 13particularly particularly desirable if 1 ! hay is 1S not notwell notwell notwell well cured and has to be put in the themow themow themow mow ' with 11th moisture more than IS ISdesirable isdesirable isdesirable isdesirableThe desirable desirableI desirableThe The bureau of chemistry and sOlIs soils sOlIsI sOlIsfound soilsfound soilsfound I I found that hay ' within 'llthm llthm about six feet feetof feetof I Iof qualitybetter of an open face retained retamed its qual1ty quality i better Dividinglarge Dlvldmglarge than hay farther in Dlvldmg Dividing large mows into mto small compartlments compartl comparements ) , ments alleywaysformed by means of alleyways formed by studding studdmg , is suggested suggestedEach suggestedEach suggestedEach Each compartment should not be beover beover beover over approximately 12 feet wIde widewith , wIth at least two exposed sides par par- parallel parallel parallel - allel to each other , thus brIngmg bringing bringingall brIngmgnll nll all the hay v/ithm v ithm vllthm within / a distance of SIX SIXfeet sixfeet sixfeet feet of an nn open face where mOIsture mOIstureand moistureand moistureand and heat may escapeFor escapeFor escape escapeFor For "under under " ventilation venhlation " a 'false false 'falsefloor 'falsefloor falsefloor ' false falsefloor floor " of two by eight timbers bmbers on onedge onedge onedge edge with two by four scantlmgs scantlings scantlmgshud scantlingslard scantlingslaid hud lard across them was tested In InplIes Inpiles Inpiles plIes piles up to 15 feet high , the hay haykept haykept haykept kept better and did not get so hot hotas hotas hotas as similar hay piled flat on the mow mowfloor mowfloor mowfloor floor . These ventilation experiments are arepart arepart arepart part of the investigation illveshgahon of the spon spon- spontaneous spontaneous spontaneous - taneous heating heatmg of hay which the thebureau thebureau thebureau bureau of chemistry and soils solls has hashad hashad hashad had under way for several 5 ) years yearsThe ears earsThe earsThe The tests were all with alfalfa aUatra hay haymost , most of them ' with 'lIth lIth hay moister than thanfarmers . ' < farmers prc prefer er to put in m the mow mowWhen mowWhen mowWhen When haylas hay \ was \las las vias stored with less than than30 30 per cent of moisture it kept well wellHay wellHay wellHay Hay of a distinct dlstmct brown color re- re resulted resuited re resulted - - sulted suited when the moisture content of ofthe ofthe ofthe the hay as stored exceeded approx approxImately approximately approximately Imately 30 per cent Venhlated Ventilated Venhlatedstorage Ventilatedstorage Ventilatedstorage storage had a good effect on hay hayquahty hayquality hayquality quahty quality since smce it reduced the quan quantlty quantity quantity tlty tity of brown and moldy hay pro produced produced produccd duced |