308 SOILING CROPS AND THE SILO, 



it will be advantageous to make a shute down which 

 the silage falls when it is thrown out at any of the 

 doors. The shute is simply a box with three sides, 

 extending upward from below, the lower door of 

 the silo and covering the doors. The proper size 

 will be about two feet square. A ladder should 

 extend upward on one side of the shute and inside 

 of it on which the person climbs when going into or 

 coming out of the silo. Usually a floor is put into 

 the shute and from this the silage slides outward 

 into a cart placed under the same to receive it. 

 When the silo stands outside the stable and near to 

 the same, the shute should come down into the 

 passageway, as shown in Fig. 34. This passage- 

 way between the silo and the building need not be 

 more than seven feet high inside. It should have 

 windows in it to admit ample light. 



The Roof. In climates not too cold nor too 

 rainy, stave silos may be left without a roof. (See 

 Page 288.) For silos that are located quite near 

 to the stable, a roof may be made as shown in Bulle- 

 tin No. 167 of the Cornell university experiment 

 station, that is to say, it may be made as follows: 

 Four scantlings suitably placed on the outside of the 

 silo may be bolted to the staves of the same. They 

 should extend downward some distance from the 

 top of the silo and upward some distance above it. 

 The pair nearest to the stable should be higher than 

 the outer pair. Other scantlings to serve as plates 

 or supports to the roof are then spiked across the 

 top of each pair of uprights. A third support in 

 the same line of ascent is then fastened to the side 

 of the stable. Over these supports a roof of boards 



