Show Silage Spoilage Easy to Prevent Doors Should Be Fitted to toMake toMake toMake Make Sure They Are Securely Airtight Much silage Is wasted each year by molding or Dotting cotting The presence of ot ofIr air Ir is the CRuse cause of ot both Where wood-stave wood silos are In use the hoops should be tightened the Inside of ot the silo Ilo coated with creosote and the outside painted advises the New iI Jersey ersey State College of Agriculture at New ew Brunswick lck The doors should be examined and fitted to make sure that they are airtight y for tor they sometimes fall tall apart during the summer because of ot drying out Spoilage Traced to Air Where a silo Is airtight and the silage continues to spoil It can still be traced to air that has bas not been excluded at filling time by sufficient tramping If It silage Is cut too too green the possibilities are arc strong that there will be some rot rot- ting flag If It it Is cut too dry molding Is probable because air cannot be excluded ex ox- clu eluded ed unless the silage la Is wet The proper stage for tor cutting the comIs corn com cornIs cornis Is after the kernel Is dented but before the milk dries up If It for some unavoidable able reason the corn com does get too dry before putting It Into the silo It is advisable advisable ad ad- to put a water hose Inside of the blower and In that way moisten the fodder A lack of ot sufficient tramping around the walls during filling Is Js also a common common cornmon com corn mon cause of molding Many dairymen dairymen dairymen dairy dairy- men attempt to economize by placing only one man In the silo when It is beIng belag being be be- ing lag filled This Is poor economy as one man man cannot keep the silage level leveland leveland leveland and tramp It sufficiently Thorough tramping especially around the walls will save much labor and useless waste next winter Spoiling on Top Some spoiling on top must be expected expect expect- ed at first A good method Is to fill the thelast thelast thelast last six or twelve Inches with either weeds or dry fodder soaked with wa Wa- water wa ter If It nothing else lse Is available It is well to take off the ears and use merely merely merely mere mere- ly the fodder on top as It will spoil anyway Unless this to folder fodder er Is very very green water should be added through the blower Some have found that oats rye or wheat sown on top will sprout and thus form torm a desirable airtight mat |