A NEW METHOD OF MAKING SILAGE.
At the last Ensiliage Society's meeting Mr Bateman, of Brightlingsea, Essex, well-known as one of ' the practical pioneers of the ensiliage question, described a new system of converting grass and green crops to silage which he had tried on a small scale himself, and found to answer perfectly last year. Pies were made of the green* fodder just as dung pies are formed, the horses pulling the laden carts over them for the loads to be shot out and evenly distributed where wanted. Such pies would be of some length, .the horses pulling the Jadeu carts up an incline at one end,' and; descending from the centre by a corresponding declino at the other. As the work progresses the green fodder is clamped up at the sides just as roots are clamped, aud after sufficient green fodder has been deposited, a few cart loads of earth are hauled up to be spread over the top, so that the entire silage pie may. be clamped in to the exclusion of air. Mr Bateman 3tates that one gentleman in the eastern counties had adopted the system on a large scale, and found it to answer perfectly.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2334, 2 June 1887, Page 3
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200A NEW METHOD OF MAKING SILAGE. Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2334, 2 June 1887, Page 3
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