8o Colcord's System of 



and plank from that part which is wanted to 

 cut down without disturbing the other plank 

 and getting air into the forage. 



REMEDY FOR FAULTY SILOS. 



Where silo walls are made of heavy stone 

 masonry, they can be faced smooth by floating 

 a coat of coarse sand and pure cement, fre- 

 quently using a long, straight edge in every 

 direction, until the depressions in the surfaces 

 are all filled ; or, in case the wall is very un- 

 even, perpendicular timber could be firmly 

 placed in front of the face, and a straight, wide 

 plank placed between the timber and the wall, 

 arranged to slide up evenly, and cement mortar 

 (no lime) filled in between, daily, to the top. 



If such walls are strong and well made, and 

 T rails of railroad iron, i foot longer than the 

 silo is wide, can be obtained, openings can be 

 cut out of the bottom of the silo just large enough 

 to admit the rail about 3 inches below the bot- 

 tom of the silo, and under the walls about i foot 

 on one side, and 6 or 8 inches on the other 

 side, to allow the rail to drop in and be placed 

 firmly, 6 inches under each wall. A piece of 

 iron rod, i inch in diameter, is bent so as to 

 form, midway between its ends, an eye large 



