THE STAVE SILO. 83 



An illustration and description of the original round 

 silo, with a capacity of 90 tons, built at the same Station 

 in 1891 are given in Prof. Woll's Book on Silage, where 

 descriptions and illustrations of a number of other first- 

 class round wooden silos will also be found, like those 

 constructed at the Experiment Stations in New Jersey, 

 Missouri, and South Dakota. 



Stave Silos. 



The stave silo is the simplest type of separate silo 

 buildings, and partly for this reason, partly on account of 

 its cheapness of construction, more silos of this kind have 

 been built during the past few years than any other silo 

 type. 



Since their first introduction Stave Silos have been 

 favorably mentioned by most writers on agricultural topics, 

 as well as by experiment station men. In the recent bulle- 

 tin from Cornell Experiment Station, we find the stave 

 silo spoken of as "the most practical and successful silo 

 which can be constructed," and the Ottawa Experiment 

 Station is on record for the following statement in regard 

 to the stave silo: "From extensive observation and study 

 of silos and silo construction, and from experience here 

 with a number of different silos, it would appear that the 

 stave silo is the form of cheap silos that for various 

 reasons is most worthy of recommendation. It combines 

 simplicity and cheapness of construction with the requisite 

 conditions to preserve the silage in the very best condi- 

 tions for feeding." 



Stave silos are, generally speaking, similar to large 

 railroad or fermentation tanks, and to make satisfactory 

 silos should be built as well as a No. 1 water tank. The 

 first stave silos were built in this country in the begin- 

 ning of the nineties; they soon found some enthusiastic 

 friends, while most people, including nearly all writers 

 and lecturers on silo construction, were inclined to be 

 skeptical as to their practicability. It was objected that 



