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larger quantity of silage to be put in, but it expels 

 at once a very large volume of air, which, if 

 allowed to remain, prolongs the changes. It should 

 be tramped well around the sides because the 

 lateral pressure of the silage tends to develop fric- 

 tion against the walls, which prevents its settling. 

 In building a silo, it should be as deep as it is 

 practicable to make it. The advantages of a deep 

 silo are that the largest quantity of feed per cubic 



*Table Giving the Approximate Capacity of Cyltkdrical 

 Silos for Well-Matured Corn Silage, in Tons 



In this table the horizontal lines give the number of tons of silage held by a 

 silo having the depth given at the head of the column. 



♦Bulletin No. 83, of the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station. 



