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3x2 liardwood. The doors are placed in position as the silo is 

 filled. The weight of the silage keeps them secure, and they are 

 knocked back into the silo as each becomes exposed by the silo being- 

 emptied from the top. Great care must be taken that the joints 

 exclude all air and water, as the silage is often damaged at the port- 

 holes. The doors should be covered on the inside with a sheet of 

 P. and B. ])aper Avith a good laji, and the joints may be lut^d on the 

 outside with clay if necessary. 



The roof may be left until the silo is lilled. in dry districts a 

 thatch of straw will be sufficient, but the best method is to adopt the 

 circular conical roof. Make a light frame from the tops of the studs 

 to a centre post, and cover it with iron or ruberoid. A toj) plate 

 marked and cut out exactly the same as the bed plat-e, but made of 

 lighter material, is useful for keeping the studs upright during 

 the erecivion of the frame. 



Silos Ijuilt in the way here described were erected last season by 

 Messrs. Galbraith and Sons, Tyers, Traralgon, and by Mr. Chalmers, 

 Leongatha. The total cost, including laboui-, was £17. Figs. 2 and 3 

 show this silo in course of erection and complete. 



Larger and more expensive silos are shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The 

 former was erected by Mr. \V. .1. Wilson, for Mr. J. H. Riley, 

 Outtrim. It is 22 . feet in diameter, and 23 feet high. Tlie 

 superstructure is set on 5 feet of brick work, cemented on the inside. 

 The studs are 4 x 2, covered on the outside with wdiite pine weather 

 boards rebated. Inside lining, one thickness ^-inch spruce, one layer 

 P. and B. paper, and finally ])laiu galvanised iron. Arrangements are 

 made for the drainage of the concrete floor. The cost was £50. 

 Last summer it was two-thirds filled with the maize cro]) off five 

 acres. 



Fig. 5 is the silo l»uilt in 1902 by Mr. G. F. Syme, Dairy, 

 Healesville. This silo is covered with galvanised iron on the outside, 

 in place of weatherboards. Mr. Syme supplies the folloAving 

 particulars : — 



" The pit has been in every way a success, and the ensilage turned 

 out in perfect condition, with the minimum amount of waste. The 

 lower portion is of bricks laid in cement beneath the ground level, 

 with a lining of cement, the portion above ground being built of 

 timber studs of hardwood, 4 inches by 2 inches, and 14 feet long, 

 lined inside with 6 x i lining, then a lining of ruberoid 2-ply paper, 

 and finally galvanised iron sheets, with a coat of ruberoid paint 

 applied. The total dejjth of the silo from the eaves to the floor is 

 24 feet, 14 feet above ground, and 10 feet of brick work below 

 o-round. The roof is sixteen-sided, Avith a ventilator on to]). The 

 interior diameter of the silo is 25 feet in the clear. 



" On one side is the door through which ensilage is elevated fi-om 

 the chaifcutter to the top of the building ; on the side towards the 

 milking shed there are three doors for taking out the silage for 

 feeding purposes. The silo will hold over 200 tons of made silage. 



