With the advent of the forage harvester, several changes in the accepted practice of silagc making become possible if these can be shown to be justified. For instance, it would be a simple matter with most machines to adjust them to cut higher above the ground, or again instead of waiting for the sward to attain silage height it-would-befeasibletotakese_veral cuts over the same period when the pasture reached an optimum height. Or another approach would be to use it to "top" after lenient grazings and in this way gather the material required as silage
