Silos and ensilageThe preservation of fodder corn and other green fodder crops . closer and exclude the air betterthan the looser corn stalks ; but when the latter are cutup into chafi, and thoroughly well pressed down, a merecovering of planks, nicely jointed upon the edges, wouldbe sufficient for the exclusion of the air from the massbelow. It is always preferable to cut the fodder intopieces, not longer than one inch, for the reason that itthen packs more closely and the preservation is more com-plete. The silo, shown in figure IG, consists of a sort ofbasement cellar, with the door opening
Silos and ensilageThe preservation of fodder corn and other green fodder crops . closer and exclude the air betterthan the looser corn stalks ; but when the latter are cutup into chafi, and thoroughly well pressed down, a merecovering of planks, nicely jointed upon the edges, wouldbe sufficient for the exclusion of the air from the massbelow. It is always preferable to cut the fodder intopieces, not longer than one inch, for the reason that itthen packs more closely and the preservation is more com-plete. The silo, shown in figure IG, consists of a sort ofbasement cellar, with the door opening into the cow- 52 SILOS AKD EKSILAGE. stable, and the rear sunk for the most part beneath theground ; a road passes to the end of it, where there is adoor, shown by dotted lines, for the purpose of receivingthe grains. The walls are of stone, and the floor is ofcement. The silo is covered with an ordinary shingleroof. The grains are packed in solidly, until they reachthe level of the door at the top, when they are coveredwith boards, and some straw is thrown over the Fig. 16.—METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE SILO. When the grains are required, the lower door is opened,and the grains, as fresh as when put in, but somewhatsour, are dug out for use. As the mass is cut away,nothing is done to the surface which is left exposed to theair ; but as the grains are very quickly used in this largedairy, there is not time for them to be injured, and thesurface is made fresh every day by the removal of whatwas left exposed the day before. The same method maybe applied to the preservation of corn fodder. As cut THE EI^SILAGE OF BREWERS GRAINS. 53 green fodder lies in a looser and more open mass thangrains, it would be necessary to have a cover as nearly ini-?pervious to air as possible, for use when the silo is openedand the preserved fodder is in course of maybe easily done by means of wide planks, jointedsmoothly at the edges, which should be laid upon theface of t
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