Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-10-11
sILAoe.
when to Cut the Corn and How to riri
and Cover tho silu.

when to Cut the Corn and How TO Til
and Cover tho siiu.
Whom 20 cut the corn is now pretty
well determined. Tho agricultural ex-
pertinent stations east and west have
agreed that when tho corn Is in the
glazing stage It Is in it's best condition
for tho silo. Professor Roberts, of Cor
noll. found that between tho develop.
mont OF tho tassel and the glazing Of the
ear tho gain IN feeding value was nearly
600 per cent,
Tho methods Of cutting tho corn In
tho fold when 1t has reached the right
stage aro undergoing improvement.
The corn knife In the hands of an.uctiyo
man Is yet the chief inplementSoiiod
upon % cut the corn and lay in gnycls
In the field. Numerous machines have
been devised but all failed until the past
year, when haryostors were brought ont
that promise we'll They may b. so inn
proved that they will take the place OF
hand labor in tho field. Many devices
are contrivcd ON which TO draw tho long
bundles Of fodder from field TO silo, but
the vehicle mos. used u farm wagon
with the usual flat S,yruck upon It,
loorcd over The gaycls are picked up
from the ground by "A man and handed
up TO the driver Of the wagon, who do
posits thom on the rack, the tops all one
way. Tho load Of e,OO0pouuds is quick
ly put on and tho load is driven to tho
| ilo. Others use low swung platform,
hung between tho widely separated fore
aud rear wheels OF n wagon, and the
loader lays tho gavA upon the platform
without assistance.
At the silo tho process Is substantially
now everywhere alike. Tho silago cut
ter is run by a steam engine OF o-horsc
power. Tho cutter has carrier that
eleyates tho cut silago up oyor the
walls of tho silo. Tho fodder Is un-
loaded from the wagon directly upon
tho table Of the cutter without rehnE-
ding. Tho Blage 10 kept loyclod In tho
pits, but only now and then does u far
mor attach amy importance to tho tramp
Ing that was once considered so essential.
John Gould, from whom we quote the
foregoing, tells as follows IN The Amori-
can Agricuturist how he fills a silo;
"Tho writer has platform 3ii feet
square hung Just below theul or end Of
tho carrier Tho silage rs 1t rs thrown
out falls upon this platform, quickly
forming a pyramid of the fine fodder,
Tho cut silago. rs II slides down tho slant
Of this pyramid, IS given a shoot TO
tho sides, and In falling twenty-five feet
or more Is thrown ull over the surface Of
tho nit. # nccomplishcs by it's own grav-
ity what man is otherwise required to
do with forks. As the silage will nntu-
rally be the highest at the walls, the grain
Is equally distributed through the mass,
and the labor Of an hour per day in tho
pit has resulted better than when man
was constantly employed, for now have
no moldy or spoiled silago in the corners
aud along the sides of tho pit, which did
happen TO some extent when trmnping
was indulgod in"
In regard TO covering Mr.. Gould says
tho old way Of close covering and heavy
weighting have proved more damaging
to tho top layer Of Glago than no cover
ing ut all In Ohio the custom Of put
ting on fow inches Of wet straw imme-
liately after the silage is in and levoled
Of is rapidly gaining favor. Some put
On wet swalo hay, and now and thon a
man does not cover with anything, and
has as good success ms any one, Wet
shaft or straw cut fine, ON being damp
sned down, has proved as perfect q cover
rs any sim cover as one may, there
will be o loss Of about two inches Of b.
lago ON tho surface in any event.