Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-06

the wall 10 plastered very smooth o.
inside with rood rtGA coao4 nDoGe
Il the wall u left rough. little pockets.
Will BE- found under any protoctlne''
stone that wifi tend to cause mould
The wall must be smooth ana straight,
10 that the siIage carr settle ,aYyn ned
have anything TO catch On end hold ~
afsd make pocket for air.
Any sllo huilt OF brick. stone Or coyi.l
crete 2hould be finished inside lust the!
same as cistefn. You need not feaPl
that It viii faint the Silsgo either SIl.g
age lying right asaasset piaStered walIt
Is Just ~ good ~ IN the center Of -tho1
silo II the pasterins ID done rigAGi
Neither VIII the silase AFFECT the wan
II Is not put In too green. When corn
Is put too green into silos IL 1sI
bound to get sour and II not flt to feed
cows, and In that condition It might
affect cement pastered wall. but not{
II it is put in when It SHOULD be- Ourl
silo wall Is to all Appearances Just as
perfect az It was when it was ffrst
plastered years. ago. hope THAT none
OF the ASriouturists' readers have}
planted their silage corn too late orl
too thick. Corn for silo should Eeej
just as mature for cutting Into q siloi
as for shocking, and where planted too
late one is apt to cut too Eresm.
Again, where planted too thick n III
very apt to f1re. n the season turns dry.
~ It 50 often does. i can zee nothinkt
gstned by too thick planting. about
WHIST would make I'VE stalks to The hiill
suits mo best. BY this method We us<l
the maximum yield, one year with an /,
other, OF stalks without DECREASING the
amount Of ear corn 30 my c0nsiaerablol
extent Our COWS do liko TO SEQ somoI
evidence OF corn In their silas9, anal
they are so notional along that lineI
that they say by their meas. they.
must have it or something else OF 81
grain nature that will take its place.
and as can grow ears In, the corn !
cheaper by not planting too thick than!
can buy them. prefer this method. /
Fairly early planting and not too thiclci
planting makes just the kind OF sAa9a,
that the cows take and do best on.
There is always some one In thel
neighborhood who VIII get in . sWsae|
to set his silo flied. Let this opo lah
first and you wait until the corn hi
ready to cut and see which one hasl
the sweetest and best sflaEe Have.
plenty Of help in nIling and then All
the sifos in the ring may be filed bel
for the corn gets too dry In fllfnG sea(
that the cut corn is kept level t1uStrA
little higher on the outsile). and the
outer edge kept well packed. Keep. oak
Of the center and do all the t1eaadfm2
next the wall Il wiz pay ordlnazAN
to refill after It has settled. Tho
trouble with 95 per cent Of our sdloa
Is that they are too wide and not htsiS
enough. The next silo build will bN
fifty feet high. It is none too high
where a ulo has a diameter OF fourtseni
to sixteen feet and IL built Of ma4efAlA
sufficiently heavy as not to blow. oSer4
The silo Is growing more and n7orsl
popular every day and the principle4
outlined above are among the things
that we have learned. and that putt
into effect will still further push Il 10,
the front and put it where It should Dol
a necessity on the farm where corn
grows and stock is kept.