6 Silo Construction in Nebraska 



and the heaviest part of the silage being at the bottom it is well 

 to reduce the cost of hoisting the silage by making the silo as 

 shallow as can reasonably be done and secure a good quality of 

 silage. In this case, additional capacity may be secured by addi- 

 tional diameter, provided the surface exposed is not so great as 

 to affect the quality of the silage as it is being fed. Even with 

 pit silos, it is doubtful if they should be built less than 24 feet 

 in height. If this height cannot be secured below ground with- 

 out difficulty, a part of it can be built above ground, in this way 

 easily securing the height of silo which is necessary to give 

 capacity and a good quality of silage, and not requiring expensive 

 machinery for filling. 



CAPACITY OF SILOS. 



TABLE 1. Rate of feeding from silos of different diameters. 



* If the silo is to be used for winter feeding only, it will require only 

 one-half as many of each kind of stock to keep the silage in good condi- 

 tion as where it is used for summer feeding. 



TABLE 2. Capacity of round silos in tons. 

 (From King's Tables.) 



