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AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



CONSTRUCTION OF THE SILO. 



The construction of the silo is the point I would like to take 

 up here this afternoon, and the first point to bring to your 

 attention is — Make the silo deep. 



Make the silo deep for two reasons. The first is that in the 

 deep silo the amount of surface at the top exposed to the air is 

 less than in the shallow one per ton capacity. Another reason 

 is that in the deep silo the silage becomes very solid by its own 

 weight, and thus the necessity of weighting the silage after it is 

 put in is avoided. Alake the silo deep, and in that way the air 

 is quickly excluded after filling, and the silage is prevented 

 from becoming unpalatable. 



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Diagram of Silo Construction. 



The next point is a good foundation. In the accompanying 

 chart I have shown drawings of two types of foundation for 



