. Concrete stave silos, Brooks patent;. andtender stems, they dry out rapidly and must berun through a cutter and siloed as soon as pos-sible after being mowed. Clover, like alfalfa, iscut for the silo when about one-third of theplants are in full bloom, or before the firstsingle heads are beginning to wilt. Accordingto trials conducted at several experiment sta-tions, the largest yields of dry matter and of allfeed components, except fiber, are obtained fromclover when it is cut at this stage. If the cut-ting has been delayed beyond this stage, thesafer plan is to add water to the clover, eit
. Concrete stave silos, Brooks patent;. andtender stems, they dry out rapidly and must berun through a cutter and siloed as soon as pos-sible after being mowed. Clover, like alfalfa, iscut for the silo when about one-third of theplants are in full bloom, or before the firstsingle heads are beginning to wilt. Accordingto trials conducted at several experiment sta-tions, the largest yields of dry matter and of allfeed components, except fiber, are obtained fromclover when it is cut at this stage. If the cut-ting has been delayed beyond this stage, thesafer plan is to add water to the clover, eitheras it is elevated into the silo, or in the silo itselfafter each load or half-day run. The losses of feed materials in the siloingprocesses in the case of clover, alfalfa, etc., arebut slightly larger than for corn, so far as canbe judged from the limited data at hand re-garding this point. When put up in the mannerstated in an air-tight silo, the necessarv loss of A 12 x 30 Brooks Slave Silo on Farm of Thomas, Manteco, BROOKS PA TEXT COX CRETE STAVE SILO dry matter in these crops will not be likely to exceed 10 per cent. Thisis a much lower loss than that sustained in making hay from alfalfa(and probably from clover and other leafy legumes as well), on ac-count of the unavoidable and often considerable abrasfon of leavesand tender parts in the process of hay-making. This loss has been esti-mated at 15 to 20 per cent of the hay crop, as a minimum, and as highas 60 per cent in the extreme cases. Aside from the losses sustainedthrough abrasion, rain storms may reduce the value of the hay by one-half. The losses froim either of these sources are avoided in preservingthe crop in the silo, and in their place a small loss of about 10 per centor less will occur under ordinary favorable conditions, through fermen-tations and respiration of the plant cells. The reason why legumes are not siloed more generally must besought in the fact that it is more difficult to secure
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