72 Colcord's System of 



skeleton platform as you come to it. All the 

 connections are made, and disconnected, by 

 using ordinary gas-pipe tongs. They are very 

 easily handled, as all the screws are right 

 hand, except the right and left couplings, and 

 do not require to be screwed very tight. 



When the governor is in place, there is a 

 row of ^-inch holes on each side where the 

 pipe comes in contact with the bottom of the 

 silo, or the strips of boards, so that, when the 

 fodder is placed upon them in the silo, it falls 

 down on each side of the inch pipe, leaving a 

 pathway for the air and gases to pass along to 

 the holes in every part of the frame. 



Supposing that your silo inside is 12 x 32 

 x 20 feet, your two governor frames would be 

 6 x 26 feet each. There will be a distance of 

 3 feet all around from the wall to the gover- 

 nors ; also, 3 feet from the centre of the silo to 

 the governors. You place your upper governor 

 1 1 feet from the bottom, and fill the silo 20 

 feet high. Covering and pressing may reduce 

 the mass to 12 feet. You then have 3 feet 

 from the top to half-way to the upper governor, 

 then 3 feet to the upper governor, then 3 feet 

 to half-way between the two governors, then 3 

 feet to the bottom governor, bringing every part 

 of the forage to within about 3 feet from these 



