Show trench silo best r for all purposes colorado man enthusiastic over its cheapness and efficiency the trench silo cant be beat says walter anderson arapahoe county colorado farmer living on the wildmere farm 1 I know what to do without tt it he adds in telling his experiences with a trench silo to A 11 II tedmon county agricultural extension agent anderson says 1 I prefer to cut my corn when I 1 put it in the silo because it Is easier to get it out later but by putting it in whole you would save the cost of cutting if you will cover the silage the day you are through filling you win will have no moldy silage in covering my trench silo I 1 use dirt only I 1 tried straw for a while but found that dirt Is best the way I 1 cover my silo Is to just take tw two 0 horses and a slip the team on the end of a long cable op on the other side of the trench and one man drives the team while the other works the slip lip I 1 put on about four inches of dirt which comes off clean and nice straw Is not needed but if the dirt Is very dry it will pay to wet it down a little so it will pack in good shape it if tile the side walls are very dry it will pay to take a hose and wet them well you wont get any spoiled silage if the walls are wet so as not to take tile the mols mol tuie out of the cut corn 1 1 sideboards on the I I always use sides of my trench and build these boards up just as high as I 1 need to take the corn I 1 have to use this extension when backed up with some dirt gives plenty plenta of room it if those who fill their trenches with whole corn would use a sharp spade to cut the corn down into tile the holes it would help them get a goof good tight pack As for me I 1 would never spend a penny on anything but a trench silo it has hag so many advantages over the other kinds trench silos are advocated by the colorado agricultural college as a 0 cheap and efficient means of conserving feed for live stock |