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Rural Architecture. 



Observations indicate that if silage is fed down at a rate 

 slower than 1.2 inches daily, moulding is liable to set in. 

 This is more likely to be true in the upper half of the silo 

 than in the lower half but it will be prudent to have the silo 

 of such a diameter as to lower the surface more rapidly in 

 feeding than is necessary rather than less rapidly. 



A silo 30 feet deep will allow 1.5 inches in depth of silf^e 

 per day for 240 days, and one 24 feet deep will allow 1.2 

 inches for the same time. From the table on page 424 it 

 will be seen that the mean weight of silage per cubic foot 

 for a silo 30 feet deep is 39.6 Ibs., and allowing 40 Ibs. of 

 silage per cow per day it is seen that a cubic foot of silage 

 on the average will feed a cow one day. But from the 

 same table it will be seen that if the silo is 24 feet deep 

 there will be required 1.114 cubic feet of silage to give the 

 desired weight. 



Table giving the inside di'tmeter of silos 24 feet and 30 feet deep 

 which will permit the surface to be lowered in feeding at the 

 mean rate of 1.2 to 2 inches per day, assuming 40 Ibs. of si - 

 age to be fed to each cow daily. 



