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doors can fall is an advantage. A design for a chute is illustrated by 

 Figs. 163, 163a, 164, and 164a. The lower end of the chute may, if 

 desired, be fitted with a sloping bottom so as to direct the falling silage 

 into the cart or barrow used for distributing the silage to the mangers. 

 The design given is for a chute consisting of timber framing covered 

 with corrugated iron. The frame is constructed of 4£" by 3" 



timbers, and is attached to two similar timbers bolted, on the flat, to 

 the wall of the silo by means of £-inch bolts at intervals of 3 feet 

 vertically. These bolts are built into the wall, forming two vertical rows, 

 one on each side of the emptying doors. The sides of the chute are 

 supported and held together by the diagonal and horizontal bolts shown 

 (Figs. 163 and 164a). 



