BUILDING SILOS AND MAKING SILAGE. 



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together, and the moisture from the silage will cause the cracks to close 

 and render the silo air tight. 



SETTING UP THE STAVES. 



The most convenient plan for building this tub is to make, from cheap 

 boards, two circles of the same diameter as the inside of the silo to be erected. 



SILO WITH SHINGLE ROOF AND FLAT HOOPS. 



One of these circles should be laid on the foundation, and the other sup- 

 ported fourteen or fifteen feet directly above the lower one. The staves 

 can then be temporarily fastened to these circles until the hoops are put 

 on and drawn up, after which the circles may be removed. 



HOOPS. 



The hoops should be made either ^ x 3 inches flat iron, or of inch 

 round y*on, and placed two feet apart at the bottom, with a gradual 



