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surface water ever coming in contact with the ensilage. 

 Fill up the floor to the level of this wall, and finish off 

 with clay well pounded down, or a cement of water lime. 

 Next lay your sills of two by eight inch joist, flat on the 

 wall, and bed them well in lime mortar; have them so 

 firm that there will be no chance to spread or get out of 

 place. On the joists place two by eight inch studding 

 sixteen feet long, as this is a proper hight for the silo, 

 and sixteen inches from center to center. Toenail firmly 

 at the bottom of the sill. The object of placing the 

 studding this distance apart is to accommodate the 

 width of tarred paper, for a perfect silo must be perfectly 

 air-tight on sides and bottom. Now put good tarred 

 paper on the inside of the studs, lapping as it will So as 

 to make tight work ; cover with good, sound matched 

 flooring, and see to it that the corners are made secure, 

 so that there will be no spread or give to let in the air. 

 Inclose the outside surface with tarred paper same as 

 indide, and good drop-lap sidmg, as it is called, or any 

 similar method; being careful to make it tight and firm. 

 The roof is made as any ordinary barn roof, and the 

 building may be finished up on the outside to suit the 

 owner's fancy or pocket. A very good size for a silo 

 would be sixteen by thirty-two feet, or, if more room is 

 needed, make it longer and put in a cross partition of 

 plank. This partition should be made so it will slip 

 down into place and be held by cleats at its ends. The 

 sides must be secured with one or more iron rods to keep 

 the building from spreading. A convenient size for the 

 door would be four feet wide in one end and made in 

 sections of two feet each, sliding down in grooves so as 

 to come out from the inside as the silo is emptied. These 

 doors, as well as all inside work, must be made so as to 

 form no obstruction to the settling of the fodder, with 

 the boards and tarred pai)er which form the cover to 

 the pit. This is one of the cheapest methods of con- 



