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the doorway tight ; but, with a 2-inch matched 

 plank, made to fill the opening in the door- 

 frame, and by fastening with 4-inch lag-screws 

 a 2-x-io-inch plank on to the 3-x-i 2-inch door- 

 jambs, I succeeded in rendering the doorway 

 absolutely air-tight. And it remained so until 

 the silo was opened. 



I used a very heavy old cart-wheel iron tire 

 to bind the end of my silo together, over the 

 door, by laying the tire upon the top of the 

 door-frame, turning the ends up 6 inches into 

 the side walls, and passing a ^/g-inch iron bolt 

 through the door-frame, the iron tire, the 

 walls, and the cap of the silo, turning the nut 

 firmly on the bolt. 



I feel that I have fulfilled my promise in 

 making these experiments ; and by them, with 

 the experience gained in five years past, I am 

 able to prove every statement I have made 

 about this system, and now have the results to 

 show. I think I may congratulate the stock- 

 men in this country upon the certainty that 

 green forage can be perfectly and uniformly 

 preserved year by year, at a cost of about one- 

 third the feeding value of hay ; that it costs no 

 more to handle than hay in time or money; 

 that it is a surer feeding crop to raise than any 

 other ; that the insurance risk is far less from 



