232 AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



Reasons for Outside Location. — At the present time the ma- 

 jority of silos are being built outside of the barn for: 



1. The inside location is not an economical use of barn 

 room. The man who is working his plant to its full capacity 

 will need that space for storing materials which will not go 

 into the silo. 



2. The average silo usually does not need the protection of 

 an inside location. 



3. Often the inside silo is unhandy to fill, while a silo on 

 the outside may be reached easily. 



4. The location keeps the odors from the barn. Nearly 

 every outside silo has a door between it and the barn, and if 

 this is closed, on^ of the chief objections to the use of silage is 

 removed. 



The outside silo should not be over four feet from the barn, 

 and should be located so that the chute or communicating pas- 

 sageway leads into the feeding alley. The silo should be so 

 placed in respect to other buildings that there is room to run the 

 ensilage cutter and for teams to reach the cutter with their loads. 



COST. 



Stave Silos. — The figures on the cost of stave silos are very 

 unsatisfactory for comparison with the other estimates, for the 

 reason that the labor of erecting and the cost of foundations 

 are not figured. Further, while I have written nearly all of 

 the companies who are selling many stave silos, only one con- 

 cern has given me prices in such shape that they can be used 

 here. 



These silos are made with splines between the staves, and 

 metal splines are used if staves are pieced. These prices do not 

 include roof, foundation, nor labor for erecting. 



