Show RIGHT LENGTHS FOR SILAGE question Is one upon which much difference of opinion Is manifest ed packing eliminates air by H 11 II KILDEE lonz bort experiment station the question as to the proper lengths in aich corn should be cut when put into the silo is one upon chich much difference of opinion is manifested some adoca ado cate teas as long as 14 1 4 ich others less lebs than one halt half arch or approximately one quarter inch and the majority intermediate lengths the short cuts such as the one ter and one halt half inch require more pov er but insure a more palatable resulting in less naste in feed ing and make it easy to pak it thor coughl it time of tilling filling this in helps to eliminate the air thus in im t proving the qu allt and makes it pos sible to jut iut a greater quantity of corn in the silo it is more essential tint that thorough matured corn bo bf cut into shorter lengths than corn that is more ture and succulent as much of the arn portions enill be aasted b animals on rull full feed if not cut into small pieces when one considers the matter from all standpoints it la Is evident that the common practice of cutting the corn into onelia one halt lf and three quarter inch lengths is the preferable one the writer has made it a practice to cut the corn into three quarter inch lengths but realizes that hen corn becomes dry the one halt inch cut is more desirable if the man interested wishes a shorter cut for the upper part of the silo 1 would recommend the tha upper third be filled with one halt inch cut |