Show 1 hay cured in S silos ilos id by electrical motor mechanical method of saving new hay crop although the barn mow still ull 13 more extensively used today than any ny other place for the mechanical curing of hay and other forage crops it lately has been receiving rec elvine some come competition from other farm farin structures truc tures notably the silo use of silos for curing forage braeg crops Is gaining favor with farmers who do not have the space required for or installation of necessary equip ment in their one story barns as ai well as those who desire to use 11 their mows for other purposes the accompanying illustration shows a typical silo hay curing installation 4 in this latest of many newer farm electrification developments air enters the hay through vents in the silo converted tor for mcchan mechanical ical curing of hay and other forage fence 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 tan fan located above the entrance the cost ot of curing hay electric electrically ally 1 by this method with a 5 or ta 10 1 horsepower motor is about 1 per 1 ton the same as in the case of mo mow mon N systems tests show that the quality of haf cured in this way also equals that cured in the barn being baui worth from 5 to 10 more per ton in feeding value than that dried tj by 1 n the sun i |