INDEX 



Absorption test, 94. 

 Acidity in silage, 11. 

 Air spaces in wall, 20. 



Bacteria in silage, 11. 

 Blocks, construction, 94. 

 Block silo, 35, 65. 

 Brick silos, 37, 93. 

 Buying and contracting 

 silos, 96. 



of 



Capacity of round silos, 43. 



Cattle, amount of silage to 

 feed, 44. 



Cement block silos, 35. 



Cement, storing, 92; tamping, 92; 

 testing, 91; wash, 65. 



Chute, 50. 



Clay blocks, 93. 



Clay products silos, 35, 65. 



Compression, 86. 



Concrete mixtures. 91. 



Concrete silos, 32, 34; mono- 

 lithic. 60. 



Continuous doors, 8, 25, 28, 76, 82' 



Contract for silos, 96. 



Corn for silage, time to cut, 11. 



Cost of silos, 41. 



Cresote for wood silos, 24. 



Cro=stie of block silos, 68, 77. 



Derrick, 75. 



Doors, details of, 48; hinge, 30; 

 improvement, 8; independent, 

 27; Indiana, 29; wooden, 82. 



Door forms, construction, 78, 80. 



Door frames, construction, 74; 

 improvement, 8. 



Drainage of silos, 47. 



Early development, 7. 

 Ensilage, poisoning from, 13; 



preservation of, 11. 

 Excavating, 46. 



Factor of safety, 84. 



Failure, causes of, 86. 



Feeding silage, amount, 44. 



Fermentation of silage, 11. 



Fire exposure, 17. 



Floors, 51. 



Forage or mold poisoning, 13. 



causes, 13; prevention, 16; 



symptoms, 15. 

 Forms, 60. 

 Foundations, 46. 

 Frame silos, 24. 

 Frozen silage, 18. 



Guide for wall, 71. 

 Curler silo, 25. 

 Guying the silo, 28. 



Heat, how lost in silo, 18. 



Hinge door, 30. 



Hoisting, methods, 64, 74, 75. 



Independent door, 27. 



Indiana door, 29. 



Influence of material on silage, 21. 



Interlocking block silos, 38. 



Iowa silos, 65; building, 71; 

 perspective view, 81; scaffold- 

 ing, 67. 



Location for silo, 39. 



