Show asserts poor packing Is cause for mold in silos moldy silage may occur around the sides of a silo where the silo Is not tight and the only remedy Is to use a tight silo says prof E D van alan alstine of the department of agronomy at cornell moldiness throughout the silage he said comes from poor packing finer cutting packing and adding water are ways to remedy the situation another year moldy silage at the surface occurs when air seeps in it if silage Is removed fast enough the mold will not have time to develop if it cannot be removed fast enough it may be covered with matched boards or with canvas pressed closely to the silage to e exclude x air ile he said that hot silage Is traced to normal fermentation which produces heat beat or to the growth of mold which also produces heat beat in neither instance does the heat beat itself do any harm the freezing of silage does no harm other than interference in the removal of silage from the silo professor van alstine pointed out and added that an insulated silo avoids this difficulty |