Years ago, ( 1950's) we chopped it while it was a little more green by hand and loaded it by hand onto a wagon Then mixed it with alfalfa that we baled right after it was cut. We did that for ease of hauling it in. Then chopped the corn and alfalfa at the silo for our dairy cows. I think that fermented ensilage kept the cows drunk all winter and made them more mellow. It made good milk.
Early on, the silo was right at the barn and we could wheel barrow it to the cows.Then the milk inspectors said that was no good and we had to go to a trench silo away from the barn. That meant we had to hand shovel it onto the wagon, haul to the barn, and then wheel barrow it to the cows. We had no front end loaders back then
Last edited by saddlesore; 09/20/18.
