THE SILO. 437 



Georgia has a climate very little different from that of the Ozarks, while 

 the climate of south Georgia is almost sub-tropical. 



"The most common type now being built is the ordinary wood stave 

 silo with round hoops. Many of the silos built fifteen or twenty years 

 ago were made of thick cement walls, usually square in shape, and some 

 of these are in use yet. Good pine lumber is reasonably cheap here yet, 

 so that a hundred-ton silo seldom costs more than $75.00. 



"The principal crop used in the silo is corn, with sorghum as a 

 close second. The corn is often mixed half and half with sorghum, and 

 many dairymen grow cow peas or velvet beans with the corn, permitting 

 the vine to climb up the stalk, and then running the vine and stalk to- 

 gether through the cutter. The pea vines or velvet beans do not make 

 good silage alone. 



"In a general way, the dairymen of south Georgia are compelled 

 to use up their silage a little faster than you would in Missouri, on 

 account of the warm climate hastening the rotting of the material." 



The silo for the south should be made a little narrower for its capac- 

 ity than those in the north, in order that the silage may be fed down more 

 rapidly. About 6 square feet of silage surface for each cow per day 

 will be sufficient. For 10 cows and a few young stock a silo should 

 be then 10 feet in diameter and deep enough to hold the necessary 

 amount. 



A silo 10 feet in diameter and 25 feet deep will hold, approximately, 

 40 tons of silage, which will grow on 3 to 4 acres of ground and furnish 

 feed for 10 cows and 6 to 8 head of young stock fcr 120 days. 



While remembering its many advantages, yet not forgetting its 

 limitations, the silo should be pushed in all parts of the country. 



