Manti Messenger | 1928-01-27 | Page 2 | Silage without Tramping is Favored by Wisconsin

Silage Without Tramping Is Favored by Wisconsin Make Male silos higher t and nd do away my witt wl tramping the silage silage mabe maybe that's what we will be doing in n a few years A few years ago go a 1 silo at the University Uni of Wisconsin farm was filled tramping and und the silage kept in n such good shape that since then all nIl have been filled in that way One or ur more sections of pipe are fire used and a man at the top distributes the silage The silage settles more if t not tramped but more silage can be bc run In as soon as ns It settles settles settles-a a common practice even where her tramping Is practiced practiced pray pray- In view of these facts why not build the silo a little higher and save the extra labor of tramping Resides Besides engineering experts say It takes less power to lo fill a high silo than a low one stran strange e as that may seem Along with this goes the fact that thata I a 0 great rent man many silage cutters are being run too fast By y i reducing educing the speed somewhat a larger pulley can be put on and smaller r engines or tractors used to run rup the cut cutters Lower speed makes the time machinery last longer Fly wheel cutters less than 11 Inches in diameter am are e not nit economical Better Better Bet net ter results come comae from a n sized medium-sized machine at comparatively cly slower speed