TRAMPING SILAGE.
QUESTIONABLE VALUE. Tramping the material in the silo has been found to be a detriment to its best keeping. It causes pockets to form, whereas blowing it in, as practised in America, make 3 it settle smoothly and evenly. The blower pipe is directed at the exact centre of the circle, thus building a cone of the mass. As the settling continues there is a crowding outward from the middle against the walls, there to pack more solidly than would be possible were middle and sides brought up to a common level as is the rule in the tramping piocess.
Additional weight is given the silo contents fiom water that is poured in along with the stream-of ehopped-up corn. In dry areas the stalk juices are not often sufficient for the desired moisture supply thri.vghout the silo filling period. The weight of the eilago is tremendous pressure for packing. How the weight of a man or two could bo of help in the process is hard to imagine. Of course, if the corn is to bo blown in haphazardly, soino one should be armed with a fork to organise as far as possible the mass of the silage harvest. But, on the other hand, with proper manipulation of the blower pipe the silage is in a condition to pack evenly and securely.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20244, 2 May 1929, Page 21
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