76 SILOS, ENSILAGE AND SILAGE. 



and opposite the doorway, a piece three inches longer thai 

 the distance between the studs forming the door jambs 

 and number and set them aside to form part of th 

 door. 



From the inner layer of sheathing cut out in like man 

 ner pieces for the door, but two inches longer than wer 

 cut from the first layer. When filling the silo, the doo 

 can be laid in sections, three or four feet high at a time 

 as needed, by beginning at the bottom and putting eacl 

 board into the space from which it was cut, with hori 

 zontal sheets of tarred roofing paper between the tw 

 layers of boards, to completely cover all joints and mak 

 a practically airtight surface. 



As the door boards are put in they may be held ii 

 place, until the silage is banked against them, by a smal 

 wedge at one end. When ready to begin feeding th 

 silage, the top of the door can be readily reached fror 

 the inside, and the boards removed in sections and lai< 

 aside, with the roofing paper, for future use. As th 

 silage is fed out additional boards can be taken out unti 

 the bottom of the silo is reached. This form of doo 

 will be found convenient in feeding from the entire to 

 surface of the silage, or, still better, if the silo is longe 

 than broad, the feeding may be from the end in obliqu 

 sections, and the covering will then be removed from th 

 top as required. 



There is no apparent advantage to be derived froi 

 partitions in silos, and they are objectionable on man 

 accounts. If they are made they should be permanen 

 and made as tight as the side walls. 



Planks will spring if used for partitions, and a studde< 

 wall, sheathed on both sides, will alone be found satis 

 factory. A door through the partition may be made 01 

 the same plan as at the end described above. 



In building a silo on the plan here presented, skille< 

 labor is not required, as anyone who understands the us 



