FACTS RELATING TO SILO CONSTRUCTION. 2^1 



be generally accepted, but it is more than doubtful if 

 any one of them can be gainsaid. 



The silo may be made to occupy a section of 

 the basement, and it may be located in the center of 

 one side of the same, or in the center of that 

 part occupied l:y live stock. In round, or octagonal 

 barns, the silo is usually placed in the center. In all 

 instances in \\hich the silo is built in the basement 

 it is made to extend upward also into the barn over 

 the basement, and in any event, the doors should 

 open into a feed room or passageway. It is usually 

 more convenient to handle the food when the silo 

 can be located so that it will be adjacent to the room 

 in which meal and other food is mixed for the stock. 

 In outbuildings without a basement, the silo may be 

 made to occupy a part of the bay or mow, but under 

 these conditions it can seldom be located so con- 

 veniently for feeding as in a basement, for reasons 

 that will be manifest. And usually the roof of the 

 silo will of necessity be above the roof of the out- 

 building, in order to secure sufficient hight in the 

 silo. 



When the silo must needs be located outside 

 the barn or stable, it should be placed as near to it 

 as possible. If square or rectangular it may be 

 built against the outbuilding. The wall of the 

 latter duly lined will then form one wall of the 

 silo. The doors will then open into the outbuild- 

 ing. If the silo is round, it should, if possible, be 

 placed near to the outbuilding. The distance 

 therefrom should at most be not more than a few 

 feet. A roofed passageway may then be con- 

 structed from the silo to the outbuilding, and into 

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