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; TABLE 24 
DAIRYMEN’S, POUETERERS’, AND APIARISTS’ SUPPLIES 
Quantity Usep 
ANNUALLY Average 
coat Total cost Grown in |Grown out of 
Kinp or Woop er 1.000 £2.05 Ds New York. | New York. 
p fact factory (Feet b. m.) | (Feet b. m.) 
Feet b. m. | Per cent ; 
Saye 5 eens 7,556,000 | 100.00 | $37 79 $285,578 4,683 ,000 2,873,000 
Basswood..........| 2,749,000 36.38 | $32 36 $88,958 2,052,000 697 ,000 
Western white pine..} 1,003,000 13.28 55 00 ta OG jad | eee ea 1,003 ,000 
Hard maple........ 937 ,000 12.40 34 62 32,439 813,000 124,000 
TOR = « a5 6 oO eee 886,000 ews 35 60 31,542 836 ,000 50,000 
Chestnut.....-. 432,000 5.72 32 33 LSESOT AN cree ee 432,000 
& <aree ® 
DByec lit, 3 Be ee 345,000 4.57 36 91 12,734 308 ,000 37,000 
SAT Cline c ichoss ants 315,000 4.16 27 41 8,634 oo O00) le 254 see 
Yellow poplar....... 250 ,000 3.30 65 00 TG: 2505) ee were 250,000 
SPrUGee te cists +17.) 5 = 228,000 3.02 32 84 7,488 163,000 65,000 
Cyprebeepci ss sce. 156,000 2.06 | 54 89 9563; eae 156,000 
fre 
Jlenlogieee ec. v2: 2 101,000 1233 32 80 3,313 100 ,000 1,000 
Whee Onis sst sce os 70,000 .93 37 22 2,605 27,000 43 ,000 
Whiteline sc. 2)... 49 ,000 65 44 28 2,170 49 OOO UN 5s cc wn oe ote 
Cottonwood... ...- 15,000 20 15 00 225 5,000 10,000 
AS alaee er scr). i <+ «> 15,000 20 80 00 1,200 TH2O008 Rasen ee 
OUOBGe hye iarsis css: 5,000 07 65 00 B25) cca Sees 5,000 
TANKS AND SILOS 
Table 25 includes silos, all kinds of water tanks, such as 
cisterns, vats, rough tanks, wagon tanks, sprinkling boxes, 
water troughs, and framework supporting tanks. The modern 
silo and its construction are important items in farm manage- 
ment today. Its history dates back to those of French con- 
struction sixty years ago. Several forms have been used, but 
the round silo is considered to be the most nearly perfect, being 
free from accumulations of decaying and poisonous ensilage in 
corners. Most silos in this country are made of wood, but the 
high price of wood has led to the substitution of other material, 
such as metal, stone, and cement. A typical silo has a diameter 
of about 16 feet, a height of 23 feet, and a capacity of 100 tons 
of ensilage, consisting of mixed corn, grain, and hay, which 
‘will feed about 30 cattle for 180 days. It requires about 114 
staves and a total of about 3,000 feet of lumber to produce it. 
Tt is said that a silo will more than pay for itself in economy 
