Show FILL FELL ALL SILOS TO THEIR LIMIT Money Time and Labor Can Be Saved by T Taking king Advantage of Modern Methods FARMERS SHOULD COMBINE Essential That Corn Be Mature and Past the Dough State Before Cut Cut Cut- Make Use of Boys for Tramping Tramping Tramp Tramp- ing and Packing From the United States Department of Agriculture On account of the labor shortage neighborhood operation co in silo filling fill fug ing ng should be highly developed during luring flue Hie current fall All the silage crops should be savell M without loss while all nil silos should be filled tined to capacity Five or six or more farmers who own silos in one community should combine their working forces Into a n crew which should rotate from farm to farm farma as a athe the corn becomes ripe enough I uch an nn arrangement resulting from the Interchange of neighborhood farm furm labor will minimize the c- c expense penso of housing the silage crops It is essential that corn should not noth h be cut for ensilage until it Is mature and through the dough stage as repeated repeated re re- demonstrations have shown conclusively that corn In this condition condi conell tion Uon Is at the peak peal of nutrient value aluc The bugaboo about frost frosted d corn being wholly unsuitable for ensilage Is a fallacy fal fal- fallacy lac lacy lacy- as corn which has been damaged with frost cnn can be he converted Into very M s I Filling Silo Crew Corn- Corn Sled Type Cutter Is in Use and Corn CornIs Is Carried Directly to Wagon goo good ensilage If It Is cut shortly after after- r. r wards In the case of badly frosted corn corni however there occurs a 8 considerable considerable consid consid- erable loss of leaves lenns Watering the Chopped Feed In case the corn com Is s excessively dry and wilted at the time of silo sUo filling water rater should be run through a n rubber hose Into the cutting box and blower during the filling process so that the chopped feed may he be v vet vei i. i thoroughly and rendered succulent for tor future feed feed- Ing fag In extreme cases where It Is impossible Ira Ira- l possible to saturate the corn com completely com com- completely ly In this manner and where water venter wa wn ter tr pres pressure Is available a n second hose Is III sometimes carried over the top of the silo vo o that the water falling on ono ona o p board inclined ed against the side of the silo and moved at regular Intervals serves es to thoroughly moisten the Use of Elevating Attachment Labor abor In loading the corn on the wagons In lu the field ma may be reduced by bythe bythe bythe the use of rn an elevating attachment several standard an ard t types pes of which are arenow arenow arenow now on the be market This device de Is at at- to tho corn com harvester and deposits de deposits de- de I posits the bundles of corn com as they are cut on the wagons which may be driven en opposite the machine If It it Is desired desired de de- de sired to start the hinder binder several hours ahead of the ensilage cutter this attachment at is not Dot used as then the corn may be dumped on the ground and from there loaded by hand In Ill view of the current high prices of grain the specialists of the United States department of agriculture suggest suggest sug sug- gest that In many instances the ears may moy he be profitably snapped or husked and only the fodder converted coU into tHo silage By Dy the practice of this system system t tem the silo will still provide a wealth of cheap succulent roughage Scaling Is Neglected Sealing of or the lie silo after the structure ture Is ed Is too often neglected There are a n number of practical methods methods meth meth- of topping off the silo so as to minimize waste and anI spoilage A common common com com- mon practice Is to level the silage and then to tramp over the top thoroughly for 20 O or 30 SO minutes every ery day for a week weel In order to eliminate air all pockets pockets pock pock- ets near the top of the silo and to thoroughly compact the mass of feed teed Then oats may be bo sown after the top of the ensilage has been thoroughly soaked with water Make Use of Boys The specialists of the department recommend the use of boys In the silo for tramping and packing pocking the ensilage during the filling process as conservative conservative conserva conserva- tive of man labor as well as silo space Under this arrangement one man to handle the distributor pipe with three or or four ho boys s 's In an average 14 to 10 IC- foot diameter silo will not only pack a away ay the feed so that It will all be saved but they also will render avail alfill available able the maximum tonnage capacity of or the silo I |