Preserving Green Forage 27 



box in which none of the nails will be driven 

 into the wood parallel with the grain, and each 

 attachment will act as a cleat across the boards, 

 to prevent their warping or splitting. These 

 boxes are intended to be placed close together 

 upon the 2x12 inch plank covering the silo, 

 said boxes having no cleats on the outside. 

 Put cleats 2^ inches wide, bevelled at the top, 

 across the ends on the inside of the box. Two 

 men can use these cleats as handles, and also 

 to hoist with, by using an A shaped iron having 

 an eye in its top, and turned out one inch each 

 side at the bottom, to go under the cleats. 

 They may be filled with sand or loam for 

 bedding and to absorb liquid manure, or may 

 be used for gravel for weighting only. For 

 strength, durability, and convenience, they are 

 unrivalled. The word "long," as used above, 

 means measuring with the grain, and the word 

 "wide" means measuring crosswise of the 

 grain. As it is sometimes very difficult to find 

 boards 24 inches wide crosswise of the grain, 

 4 pieces 18 inches long and 12 inches wide 

 will serve to make the sides, instead of the 

 1 8 x 24 inch stuff. 



Two hundred and fifty boxes, made in the 

 above manner, at 25 cents each, would cost 

 $62.50. Flour barrels would cost about half 



