SIZE OF THE SILO. 



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Table III.— Showing Required Acreage and Stock Feeding Capacity 

 for Silos of Various Sizes. 



it requires a "good crop" to yield 15 tons per acre, and as a 

 "little too much js about right," be sure to plant enough to flU 

 the silo full, being guided by the condition of soil, etc., under 

 his control. 



It will be understood that while the above dimensions are all in 

 even feet, the silo may be built to any fractional size desired; and 

 some have been built upwards of 100 feet high. 



On the Form of Silos. 



The first kind of silos built, in this country or abroad, were 



