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silage. Silage keeps better in a deep silo than in a shallow one, because 

 more firmly packed. More feed can also be stored in a given space. Mr. 



Figure 3. A stave silo being filled with the blower. 

 (Courtesy Silver Mfg. Co.) 



A. J. Glover, formerly of the Illinois Agricultural College, now with 

 "Hoard's Dairyman," recommends the following: 



"A silo should never be built over 20 feet in diameter. If it is 

 necessary to have more material to feed it is better to build two small 

 receptacles than one larger than 20 feet in diameter. It involves con- 

 siderably more labor to handle silage in a very large structure than in 



