many barns have burnt down by putting hay in them that they thought was dry -
Basically combustion happens when a material starts to ensile or ferment and then runs out of water to finish - then it gets hotter and hotter and starts to actually burn - therefore the fluffier this stuff starts out the better - I have heard of the big barns actually having a silo blower pipe run all the way to the top - then just fill the mow - I do like that idea - but have also heard of others just opening up their barn mow door and using a silage blower and only like a 10 foot piece of pipe and a deflector-
i did some the other day - 2 days after combining around 22% moisture corn (the experts say at the time of usual combining the stalks have twice the moisture of the harvested crop) put it in a big pile hoping (but loose - hadn't packed it yet) and it hasn't gotten any hotter than the day it was put there - just like dry stuff - i think a lot of it is because it froze so long ago - (southeast South Dakota)
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