Show EXCELLENT METHOD OF FILLING A SILO there Is greater danger of putting up silage tod dry rather than too moist ba B tt NALTER ALTER B LEUTZ corn Is ready to be cut for silage when the grain Is in the dent and glazed but can still bo be broken with the thumb nail at this stage under normil normal conditions the two or three bottom leaves leases will be turning brown and the shuck will be turning ellow at tho the end there is greater danger of putting up silage too dry rather than too moist in a stave silo the staves should be tightened up to ex elude the air and generally loosened a little after the silage swells the staves the inside wall of a concrete silo should be washed with anith a thin mixture of cement and water every two or three sears this fills the pores and keeps the air from the silage it will tike take at least six teams to keep the average silage cutter busy corn should not bo be cut down too far ar ahead or it will dr out too much two men should work vork in the silo dis buting tn the silace T iab forks where a silage distributor Is used one man la Is sufficient they should keep the silage higher at the wills walls than in the cents center and sh should on id continually tramp the sit sil age next to the walls the tramping is especial to keep out the air N lien hen pos possible allow the machine to stand two or three daib and refill to mako make use ut of ill all the capacity finish filling the silo by running in ili a load of grass or weeds this will rot and seal beal th top and having to throw out the same amount of spoiled silage the silage should feel wet after it Is cut in ili the silo it if the corn is very ery nature mature when cut and 13 therefore too dr do add water A small stream may be run into the blower from a barrel or tank it la Is especially important that the silage be well tramped the blower should bo be run a few minutes every morning in order to clear the tha atmosphere before any one enters the tha silo |