CHAPTER XIII. 



BUILDING THE SILO. 



For many years before I built a silo I had 

 studied the subject and was impressed with the 

 value of silage as a feed for dairy cows, but at 

 that time the only ones I could leam of were 

 built of concrete or some form of masonry, 

 which made the cost so great that I did not feel 

 like undertaking the work. However after a few 

 years I rea<5hed the conclusion that I could not 

 afford to get along without one, and as at that 

 time many were being built of wood in different 

 parts of the country, I decided to build one of 

 this kind. 



Rectangular Wooden Silo. — ^It was built rec- 

 tangular in form and twenty-two feet deep, of 

 ten inch studding, sheeted inside with a high 

 grade of white pine flooring thoroughly sea- 

 soned, and sided outside like a house. A few 

 years later I built a larger one in three com- 

 partments, which I first sheeted inside with 

 common surfaced lumber on which I put tarred 

 paper and on this six-inch white pine flooring. 

 With this double sheeting I had the same 



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