BUILDING THE SILO. 101 



largely a matter of convenienoe. It should not' 

 open directly into the cow stable, as the odor of 

 the silage must not be in the stable at milking j 

 time to be absorbed by the milk; remember^ 

 the odor of silage does not go through the cow 

 into the milk, but is absorbed by the milk direct. 

 The silo may be built near the barn where it wilT 

 be convenient to the feed alley, leaving a space 

 between it and the bam that may be inclosed 

 and used to hold the silage for one day's feed- 

 ing until you are ready to feed. Such a room is 

 almost a necessity as it takes too much time to 

 go into the silo at feeding time to throw out 

 the silage for that feed. 



Solid Wall Concrete Silo.— Taking a 1908 

 view of silo building one is led to believe that 

 the high price of lumber and the lower price of 

 Portland cement are going to induce us to build 

 more and more the all-concrete silos. 



