| Show moisture in silage Is one important requisite it Is essential that there should be sufficient fent moisture present in fodder at the time it Is being placed in the silo to provide the water requirement for the ensiling en process and leave the surplus necessary to have amply moist well made silage after the fermentative a and nd cooling processes have taken place with sufficient moisture present li anthe abe ersilee ensiled mass there Is little danger 0 the fermentation temperatures running too high corn in the glazed stage or dried out through freezing or long delays in harvesting will require liberal wetting the shortage in plant juices can be made up by tho the application of water in quantity sufficient to thoroughly wet the cut fodder water Is best applied by running a small stream directly into tha fodder cutter while the fodder Is being passed through and blown up into the silo with water under pressure a valve to control the flow and a section of garden hose the process of wetting the cut fodder Is easy L stevenson ontario agricultural college |
