For making silage, the pit should be 6 feet deep and 5 feet wide. A silage pit which is 10 feet in length, 5 feet in width and 6 feet in depth can accommodate about 45 quintals of green fodder. The place where the pit should be made should be high and sloping so that rainwater does not enter inside. The walls of the pit should be absolutely straight, and flat and the corners should be round. The walls and floor of the raw pit should be well plastered with soil before filling the fodder so that there is no way for air to enter from it. Silage can get moldy if air enters it. Before filling green fodder, lay straw, chaff or straw in the pit. Put chaff or straw between the wall and the fodder so that the fodder and the wall do not remain in direct contact. Fill the fodder little by little in the pit by pressing it with the feet so that no air remains between the fodder. The pit should be 2-3 feet high from the ground. To close the mouth of the pit, cover it with a plastic sheet and press its edges well with soil so that air cannot enter inside the sheet. Silage is ready in about two months.
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