26 Colcord's System of 



WEIGHTING THE SILO. 



Weighting has always been the great objec- 

 tion to silos: how to put on and take off 20 

 to 40 tons of weight, when time is precious, 

 and to do it cleanly and neatly, keeping dirt, 

 stones, chips, etc., .out of the forage, and not 

 making a litter about the barn, to say nothing 

 of the continual expense, especially when the 

 weighting has to be hoisted and lowered. 

 Boxes and barrels are constantly coming to 

 pieces, and not convenient to handle. Of 

 course, the weight upon the forage is what we 

 must have, and the cheapest way to get it 

 there is by some thought to be the best ; but, 

 in taking the weight off, it is very important 

 to keep it upon every plank that you do not 

 take off, to enable you to make the vertical cut 

 on the forage when removing it to feed out 

 I will here suggest the best method of weight- 

 ing. Take a piece of board, i inch thick, 12 

 inches long, and 16 inches wide, for the bottom 

 of a box, 2 pieces 18 inches long and 24 inches 

 wide for the sides, and 2 pieces 25 inches long 

 and 10 inches wide for the ends. Place the 

 sides on the upper surface of the bottom, and 

 the ends on the vertical ends of the bottom; 

 nail them firmly together, and you will have a 



