. The agricultural gazette of New South Wales. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Australia New South Wales. 588 Agricultural Gazette of , iJuli/ 2, 1908. The silai,'e was made fniiii a crop of" inai/.e urow ii on a little less tlian 20 acres, and was carted to the site ami tliei-c plarcd in thr silo uiicliati'cd in a similar way to that ado2)ted when building a silage stack. 'I'lie inai/.c stalks were crossed at tlie corners, butts outwards, and kept as tirinly pressed up to the slabbing as possible—the latter is inipoitant, as there is a great tendency, if any undue haste is allowed to i&
. The agricultural gazette of New South Wales. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Australia New South Wales. 588 Agricultural Gazette of , iJuli/ 2, 1908. The silai,'e was made fniiii a crop of" inai/.e urow ii on a little less tlian 20 acres, and was carted to the site ami tliei-c plarcd in thr silo uiicliati'cd in a similar way to that ado2)ted when building a silage stack. 'I'lie inai/.c stalks were crossed at tlie corners, butts outwards, and kept as tirinly pressed up to the slabbing as possible—the latter is inipoitant, as there is a great tendency, if any undue haste is allowed to i>nterfere with this necessarv precaution, for tlie maize to draw away from the corners and sides, as settle- ment in the middle, (hie to more pei-fect solidification, takes place. The stack was continued above the to]) of the silo to a height slmwn b\- the dotted lines, about 2'2 feet. This was kept to the same dimensions as the silo, and the sides trimmed with a hay-knife, and as solidilication took place most of the part above the silo sank down, till, on the occasion of mv visit, there was oidy from 1 foot at the sides, to alxait 21 feet in the middle, above the walls of the silo ; the top was covered with a f(>\\ loads of -'fat hen" aiifl "pig weed,"' then l)ai'k, logs, and Harvesting Maize for Silage. Mr. Bowyer-Smijth calculates to have now lOO tons of silage, and half a ton a dav for liis herd has 'iOO days feed sults that he was persuaded of the necessity of enlarging the silo for tht; present season. Tt is well known that to obtain the maximum amount of ]ierfect silage from a gi^cn quantity of green fodder it is essential to chatl'it in addition to thoroughly treading it into a silo which should be perfectly airtight with smooth vei'tical sides free from angl(>s. In this case none of these conditions are found, the maize was not chaired, the silo is built strongly, but the sides being made of split slabs are necessarily rough, and a lar
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