42 Cole orcl's System of 



DESCRIPTION OF THE SILO GOVERNOR. 



Figure i is a top view of a silo ready to 

 receive the ensilage, and showing a portion of 

 my apparatus resting on the floor. 



Figure 2 is a vertical section cut on the line 

 xx of Figure i. 



Figure 3 is a portion of pipe, on an enlarged 

 scale, taken from 1 one of the front corners of 

 the apparatus, and placed bottom side up to 

 show the air holes on its under side. 



Figure 4 is a top view, on an enlarged scale, 

 of a portion of the bottom of the silo before 

 the principal portion of my apparatus has been 

 placed in position, showing the upturned end 

 of the drip pipe, and the strainer in its mouth. 



Figure 5 is a section of portion of pipe and 

 elbow, on an enlarged scale, showing the 

 wooden peg which prevents the pipe from 

 turning in its bearings. 



I construct my apparatus as follows : I take 

 iron pipes a a of any dimensions desired, and 

 join them together so as to form a frame A, 

 with a continuous air connection (which also 

 communicates with the drip pipe b], by screw- 

 ing each of the ends of the pipe a and a, into 

 its connecting elbow 8 or coupling 9, as shown 



