Show A caka ij t v jjr 11 A TA FILLING SILOS A rinn daes io awny away aldi it tramp I 1 ine cr ih 11 allne ll ne not only liia llie silo ard and the mate rial put into it undergone a great bangt within m it i few 3 ears but tho the methods 01 ol 6 4 aa I 1 A I LABOR SAVING SILO filling silo have dep departed arteil from ong original inal idea lit in many sections of country the tramping of alt dilanc 0 its as it is placed in the pit ait is nc followed except in extreme cases A very general plan now does docs away with all tramping except 1 ii I very little alon the walls to overcome the friction of the ag the walls sone some do ut uia practice evon even tins this to lily any great 1 extent the silage as it comes coines from tho can cari lt in is usually allow allowed etl to drop in the canu i of tho the pit antl anil is then their forked abo about I 1 it pi pit t by a man whose lin business siness it is to kaii the silage level aud and the sides tramped romped A far better avay says the farni farm is to lay two scantlings scant lings across ahr top of tha silo three feet apart ns as bev H illustrated in the accompanying cut on lay ay some short boards so as tc it make a platform at least three null and a I 1 half bair feet square As tile tillage balago falls upon this table it quickly foldis foios a 1 pyramid 1 and is to about every part of the silo and needs very verv littau lattio after att attensil entiL an hour during tiia day is ia about ill all the labor needed in ina a ag by IG 10 foot silo jhb tillage will be much alie highest at tile alia walls and this extra weight then their forces down the silage about all that is zice corded i d ea I 1 sometimes tile the silage will not fall uniformly and it may ricel neel a little spread ln ins the the authority quoted r says ays this is a great labor saver ard aid lit in our silos not a bushel has been lost in corners or side in two winters with this plarl plan of tell sell scattering and packing pachin gand and it 11 has as save saved t the lie expense of une one nian man savo save the list last illy w when hen alie nearness of the silage to the tha platforms did not longer gix gho e the falling silage a chanco to scatter sufficiently those who practice the nu no treading plan are wholly in favor of it ald it is rare that one hears bears of anything but success with it while those who advocate much tread treading ingin in corners and sides do hiat h idt more or less trouble with mold and losi los of silage the center of a pit where it is not trodden a always ways keeps if tin walla valls pre perfect cowhy why should not the sides and corners keep as well as does the center cLitter 1 irvill it will if tho the wills walls we sie air proof |