A NEW METHOD OF MAKING SILAGE.
At the last Ensilage Society's meeting Mr Batemau, of Brightlingsea, Essex, well-known as one of the praticai pioneers of the ensilage 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 oat and evenly distributed where wanted. Such pies would be of some length, the horses pulling the laden carts up an incline at one end, and descending from the centre by a corresponding decline at the other. As the work progresses the green fodder is clamped up at the sides just as roots are clamped, and 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 states 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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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XV, Issue 2153, 22 June 1887, Page 4
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187A NEW METHOD OF MAKING SILAGE. Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XV, Issue 2153, 22 June 1887, Page 4
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