THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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HOW TO BUILD A PIT SILO 



(Continued from page 235) 



Concentrates : Oats, bran, oil-meal, cotton-seed 

 meal, gluten feed, beans, peas. 



Roughages: Alfalfa hay, clover hay, pea hay. 



A dairy cow should receive some of the feeds 

 belonging to each class. For instance, corn silage and 

 alfalfa hay constitute a balanced ration. Prairie hay 

 and corn-silage do not make a balanced ration. 



Four experimental pit silos were built in different 

 parts of western South Dakota. 



Two of these silos were filled with corn partly 

 green, one was filled with corn and Russian thistles 

 and the other was filled with dry corn 



During the winter, while feeding was in progress, 

 samples of these silages were sent to this experiment 

 station to be analyzed, with the following results : 



Silo 



,, i~ fa -i-> y *-* J"? 



2 ^ O ^* W S U ^c 2* ^1 



..'ewell Pit Silo 50.74 2.21 3.98 1.44 8.46 33.17 1.58 



Rapid City Pit Silo. .62.57 1.65 3.80 0.73 7.17 24.08 2.03 



Ida Pit Silo 78.33 0.93 1.47 0.73 5.74 12.80 1.20 



Philip Pit Silo 63.02 8.54 6.96 0.47 7.83 1*.18 0.11 



College Dairy Farm, 



Brookings 70.09 1.88 2.68 0.74 6.54 18.07 2.10 



The Pacific Pipe & Tank Company of Portland, 

 Oregon, has obtained the contract for the construc- 

 tion of wood stave pipe for the Snipes Mountain 

 pumping plant of the Sunnyside Unit, Yakima pro- 

 ject, Washington. The bid of the company was 

 $11,093.73. The contract calls for 905 feet of 60-inch 

 and 3,355 feet of 30-inch pipe and the necessary 

 steel bands and shoes in place. 



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Mr. J. W. 

 Lough, Scott, 

 Kan., writes: 



"My 60 H.P. 



CharterType 

 "R" Oil Eng- 

 ine burns 

 about 100 

 gallons of oil 

 every 15 hrs., 

 costing 2%c 

 per gallon 

 laid down in 

 Scott. 



This flow of water is pumped by Mr. Lough's 

 60 H. P. Charter Oil Engine 



Submit your irrigation problem and we will help figure 1 

 | it out for you. 



Operates on Distillate, Kerosene and Gasoline, fuels ] 

 | that are obtainable at all times. 



I CHARTER GAS ENGINE CO. 



i Box 39 



STERLING, ILL., U. S. A. 



Inc. 1871 



Every Farmer Needs This Galvanized Flume 



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With water-tight joints. Every Farmer who sees this Flume in operation 

 will want it. We ship 10 foot lengths; you spend scarcely 10 seconds 

 making water-tight, "ROLL-LOCK" joint. 



NO SOLDER REQUIRED 



Our rigid "ROLL-LOCK" flume in practice permits handling of 30-foot sections and we 

 GUARANTEE our roll-lock to remain water-tight. For Apple Orchards and Small Truck 

 Farms we recommend a flume 10 in. across top, (18 in. girth) 24 gauge, when pitched 3 in. 

 to the 100 lineal feet will discharge 220 gallons water per minute. 10", 24 gauge flume with cress bars. Price 8Hc 

 per foot crated F. O. B. Chicago. Weight per 100 lineal feet 190 Ibs. Portable steel adjustable supports furnished 

 at extra cost to you. Will quote price on flume up to 36* in 16 gauge and lighter. District Agents Wanted 



ROBERTSON BROTHERS, 1036 W. 37th Street, CHICAGO, ILLS. 



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