The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-09-17

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Whom to Out the Corn and NOW to FIJI
and Cover the siio.
When to out the corn Is now pretty
we'll determined. The agricultural ex-
pertinent stations east and west have
agreed that when the corn rs in the
glazing stage 1t Is in its best condition
for the silo. Professor Roberts, Of Cor
nell, found that between the develop
ment Of the tassel and the glazing Of the
ear the gain in feeding value was nearly
900 per cent.
The methods of cutting the corn in
the field when it has reached the right
stage are undergoing Improvement.
The corn knife In the hands Of an active
man is yet the chief implement relied
upon to cut the corn and lay IN gavels
In the field. Numerous machines have
been devised but all failed until the past
year, when hsrvesters were brought out
that promise we'll. They may be 80 i'm
proved that they will take the place of
hand labor in the field. Many devices
are contrived on which to draw the long
bundles of fodder from field to silo, but
the vehicle most used is n farm wagon
with the usual fiat hayraek upon it,
foored over. The gavels are picked up
from the ground by man and handed
up to the driver Of the wagon, who de-
posits them on the rack, tho tops all one
way. The load of 1000 pounds liz quick
ly put on, and the load is driven to the
silo. Others use low swung platform,
hung between the widely separated fore
and rear wheels Of q wagon, and the
loader lays the gavels upon the platform
without assistance.
AT the silo the process is substantially
now everywhere alike. The silage cut
/ ter is run by steam engine Of S-horse
power. The cutter has carrier that
elevates the cut silage up over the
walls Of the silo. The fodder is un.
|, loaded from the wagon directly upon
) the table Of the cutter without rehan.
ding. The silage is kept leveled in the
pits. but only now nnd then does far.
mer attach any Importance to the tramp
ing that was once considered so essential
l John Gould, from whom we quote the
foregoing tells as follows in The Aneri
can Agricultural how he fills silo:
: The writer has platform 80 fee
/ square hung Just below the upper end o.
the carrier The silage as it is throw
4 out falls upon this platform, quickly
forming pyramid Of the fine fodder
The cut silage, as it slides down the Sian
4 Of this pyramid. is given shoot II
l. the sides, and in falling twenty-five fec
y or more is thrown all over the surface o
!, the pit. 1t accompanies by its own gray
/ ity what man is otherwise required {,
do with forks AS the silage will natu
S rally be the highest at the walls, the grail
|, is equally distributed through the mass
!, and the labor of au hour per day in tn
pit has resulted better than when mai
.. was constantly employed, for now hay
= no moldy or spoiled siiage in the corner
g, and along tho sides of the pit, which di,
~ happen to some extent when tralnpinI
was INDUCED in"
}. In regard to covering, Mr.. Gould say
IA the old way Of close covering and heav.
= weighing have proved more daInagin!
!, a to the top layer of silage than no cover
/ ing AT all. In Ohio the custom of put
4 ting on few inches of wet straw imme
8 diately after the silage is in and levelet
off is rapidly gaining favor. Some pu
on wet swale hay, and now and then
d man does not cover with anything an
r. has IA good success as any one. We
chat or straw cut fine, on being damp
/ ened down, has proved as perfect cove
as any Still, cover as one may, ther
! will be a loss Of about two inches Of 81
d lage on the surface in any event.