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had been built on this plan, but learned through 

 the Wisconsin agricultural college that such 

 silos had been in use in that state for several 

 years and had proved a Success. This relieved 

 my mind very much as it removed the experi- 

 mental feature of the work to a great extent. 



Of course no one will build anything but cir- 

 cular silos any more, let the material be what it 

 may, as a circular form gives the greatest con- 

 tents for the material used and the greatest re-, 

 sistance for the amount of lumber used. There 

 are now on my farm six cemented round silos 

 that will contain 1,750 tons, and after ten years' 

 experience with them I would not build any 

 other kind in my locality. There are places 

 where it may be economy to build all concrete 

 walls. I cannot say as to that point, as the local 

 conditions have much to do with the economy 

 of it. 



My first cement lined silos were built twenty 

 feet in diameter and thirty-eight feet deep. A 

 year after I built one thirty-eight feet in diame- 

 ter and twenty-four feet deep. This I found too 

 large, as I had"to feed about 200 head of cattle 

 from it to keep ahead of decay. *It is also more 

 labor to distribute the contents when filling and 

 more labor to remove the feed when taking it 

 out to feed the cows. 



Relation between Size and Cost. — The great- 

 er the diameter of the silo the less the cost per 



