EXERCISE 10. To CALCULATE THE AMOUNT OF SILAGE IN SILOS 



Calculate the content of the silo in cubic feet, and divide by 50. The 

 quotient will give the number of tons of silage in the silo. The figure 50 is 

 obtained by dividing 2000 by 40, the average weight of a cubic foot of Indian 

 corn silage. In the case of a cylindrical silo, the cubical content is obtained 

 by multiplying the square of the radius (one-half the diameter) by the height, 

 and the product by 3.14. 



The weight of a cubic foot of silage in the lower half of the silo, for silage 

 made from nearly matured Indian corn, or from legumes at beginning bloom, 

 may be estimated at 50 pounds, on the average, and that in the upper half 

 at 35 pounds. In case of non-saccharine sorghums, milo, kafir, etc., small 

 grains, alfalfa or clover somewhat wilted or cut at a rather advanced stage 

 of maturity, twenty-five per cent may be deducted from the estimated capa- 

 city thus obtained. 



Example : How many tons of silage will a silo hold, 18 feet in diameter, 

 36 feet high, if filled with Indian corn cut with kernels in the roasting stage? 



Example 2: How many tons of Indian corn silage are -left in the lower 

 half of a 36-foot silo, 16 feet in diameter? How many tons of milo silage? 



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