The Silo. 



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the barn with soiling crops, and for getting out with 

 manure. 



How TO BUILD. 



There are so many different ways of building a 

 silo that it will be impossible to mention them all. 

 I shall only speak of the most general methods. 



Of Masonry. We built two silos of brick, holding 

 1 60 tons each, at Murray Hill, and they gave excel- 

 lent satisfaction. This was in 1883, and they are as 

 good to-day as ever. Possibly a masonry silo will 

 be found the cheapest in the end. 



Of Concrete. Six to eight parts gravel to one of 

 cement. This is built by pouring or dumping the 



mixture between planks placed on edge, and sup- 

 ported by braces and upright timbers to keep the 



