Show Hay Cured in Silos By Electrical Motor Mechanical Method of Saving New Hay Crop Although the barn mow still Is Ismore Ismore ismore more extensively used today than any other place for the mechanical curing of hay and other forage crops it lately has been receiving ng some competition from other farm structures structures notably notably the silo I Use of silos nos for curing forage I crops is gaining favor with farmers who do not have the space required I for installation of necessary equipment equipment equipment equip equip- ment in their story one-story barns as aswell aswell aswell well as those who desire to use their mows for other purposes The accompanying illustration shows a atypical atypical atypical typical silo hay curing installation In this latest of many newer farm electrification developments air enters enters enters en en- the hay through vents in the r r rj j Ji ay N dt r Silo converted for mechanical curing of hay and other oilier forage crops walls and passes into a vertical chamber which extends from top to bottom of the silo It is exhausted from the structure by means of a afan afan afan fan located above the entrance The cost of curing hay electrically by this method with a 5 or 7 7 horsepower motor is about 1 per ton the same as in the case of mow systems Tests show that the quality quality quality ity of hay cured in this way also equals that cured in the barn being worth from 5 to 10 more per ton in feeding value than that dried by bythe bythe bythe the sun |