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MISSOURI AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



Straight-sided barrels, well hooped to hold the pressure. These being 

 of single thickness, dry out well and will last much longer than the 

 double-layer home-made kind. These ready-made silos may cost some- 

 what more (first cost) than one of equal size built at home, but the writer 

 has found them to be very satisfactory on account of the fact that all 

 joints fit so well that there is practically no waste from spoiling. The 

 silo, though cheap at first, that is not tight and causes a continual loss of 

 3 or 5 per cent of the silage made, may, after all, be expensive. These 

 come knocked down, with full directions as to how to proceed to set 

 them up. It is always well to follow the advice of the manufacturer 

 in such matters. Prices can be gotten from the dealers on request. 



Mr. Jesse Williams, Excelsior Springs, Clay county. Mo., has a 

 ready-made silo, of which he says: "The * * * silo, 16x30 feet. 



Figure 11. Stave silo, showing construction. "A," deep basement; "B," stone 

 foundation top, showing silo set flush with outside of the wall ; "C," cross-section of 

 4 staves, showing tongue and groove; "E," door fitted In place; "F," the door; "Q," 

 cross-section of the door. 



(After King.) 



with six-foot concrete basement, is entirely satisfactory in construction. 

 We put in about 20 acres of corn, which kept perfectly. We have fed 

 about 45 head, ten calves, and the rest grown stock, for two and one- 

 half months, and have fed about one-third of the ensilage. The * * * 

 ensilage cutter which I purchased at the same time is also satisfactory. 

 We tried it to its full capacity and it never choked." 



Mr. Fritz Sensor, Corder, Mo., has one of these stave silos, and is 

 pleased with it. 



