474 CONSTRUCTION, FARM ENGINEERING, MECHANICS 



Feed for 180 days 



Approximate quantity of silage required per day (111. Sta.) 



Kind of Stock 



Daily Ration 



Beef Cattle — 



Wintering calves, 8 months old . . . 



Wintering breeding cows 



Fattening beef cattle 18-22 months old 



First stage of fattening 



Latter stage of fattening .... 



Dairy cattle 



Sheep — 



Wintering breeding sheep 



Fattening lambs 



Fattening sheep 



Pounds 



15 to 25 

 30 to 50 



20 to 30 

 12 to 20 

 30 to 50 



3 to 5 



2 to 3 



3 to 4 



This table, in connection with the following, may be used to de- 

 termine the size of silo needed to fulfill various conditions. For ex- 

 ample, if the silage is to be fed to a herd of 40 dairy cattle at the 

 rate of 40 pounds per head per day, a silo 16 or 18 feet in diameter 

 will be satisfactory. 



