1 14 THE BOOK OF ENSILAGE. 



foot ; next, passage-way, four feet ; next, gutter, one foot ; 

 then another lintel, five feet ten inches ; next, a manger, 

 2\ feet (by mistake it is drawn as two feet : the lintel 

 floors are also drawn 5! feet wide, they should be 4 feet 

 10 inches to 5 feet wide) ; now comes feed-floor from 

 which two rows of cows are fed ; between this floor and 

 the next are two lintels, with mangers, gutters, and pas- 

 sage-way as above ; then comes the last passage-way or 

 feed-floor ; upon one side of this floor the lintel extends 

 clear across the structure. The space 18 X 56 feet on 

 the left of the Silos may be used as a sheep-shed, or be 

 subdivided to suit for the keeping of calves, &c. 



Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same, showing the general 

 shape of the superstructure, also position and an end 

 view of the mangers, position of the gutters, which 

 should be about six inches deep ; also sloping floor upon 

 which the cows stand ; this floor should incline towards 

 the gutter, one inch at least to the foot. On this side 

 of the stable there should be three sliding doors, one at 

 the corner, the others in centres of the double lintels. 

 They should be nine feet wide, so that the manure can be 

 loaded upon a manure-spreader or cart, and be hauled 

 directly to the fields, and spread upon the land. 



The dotted line at the left hand shows that portion 

 of the Silos which is under ground. This figure is 

 drawn with the posts 16 feet high, which is higher than 

 is necessary: 10 feet is ample. The Silos are 18 X 48 

 feet inside, and 23 feet deep: they will hold 1,000 tons 

 of Ensilage, which is sufficient to feed 100 cows one 

 year. The rye Ensilage, which can be raised upon the 

 same land as the i ,000 tons of corn Ensilage, will furnish 

 plenty of feed to keep the other 18 cows, the calves 

 and young stock, or 100 to 150 sheep. 



Fig. 3 shows how the travelling feed-box may be 



