Show Fill Ordinary Silo Most Economically Have Sufficient Help on Hand to Keep Going In filling mUng an ordinary silo sUo it has hns generally generally gen gen- been found that It Is most economical economical economical eco eco- to have a sufficient number of men on hand to keep the silo filler In ln pretty constant operation says Hoards Hoard's Dairyman There can be some saving in labor If It the corn com binder Is started say the evening before cutting cutting cutting cut cut- ting and is kept going before filling starts In the morning In this way one may possibly cut down enough corn com cornand cornand comand and release the man on the binder to work with the machine With a small cutter it Is usually sufficient sufficient sufficient suf suf- to have one man In the silo one man to operate the engine and cutter three men and teams to haul the corn com with possibly two men loading In the tho field The number of teams and men will depend to some extent upon the distance the corn com Is Js to to tobe be hauled It may also be necessary to keep one man operating the binder or cutting the corn In another manner Corn will make the best silage when it Is cut Just as the kernels are denting denting dentIng dent dent- ing and glazing and before the lower leaves have commenced to dry up bad bad- ly This will usually mean from ten days to two weeks before the corn I would be cut for grain In the early day corn was cut when in the roast roast- ear Ing-ear stage and this made a very sour silage From this extreme there has been a tendency of going to the theother theother theother other extreme of ot allowing the corn com to I become too ripe with the result that the ensiled ensUed material Is not quite as palatable and does not keep quite as well The Idea Is to get the corn I into to the silo sUo when it contains a sufficient amou amount t of moisture so that It will commence to heat at once and will pack thoroughly It Is desirable desirable to avoid either of the extremes extreme m mentioned n above H |