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underneath. The studs may be less in size than the 

 wall studs, and the dead air space should be left open 

 above except when the silo is being filled to lesson 

 the liability to decay. Iron rods may be made to 

 run through the studs in the partition with some 

 form of washer running up and down the wall for 

 some distance on either side of the silo. These walls 

 would very efifectively keep the walls of the silo 

 from spreading. 2, Partitions may be made by 

 spiking 2x4 scantlings on top of one another from 

 the bottom of the silo upwards. Iron rods may also 

 be used in this form of partition. They may run 

 along in grooves, made for them in the scantlings. 

 3, Partitions may be made in narrow silos by 

 using planks two inches thick. These are held in 

 place by grooves made in upright timbers which are 

 duly fastened to the wail at either end. If these 

 timbers are beveled away from the grooves the 

 settling of the silage in the corners will be facilitated. 

 The grooves may also be made by spiking two scant- 

 lings three cornered in shape to the wall at a suit- 

 able distance from one another. They can be ob- 

 tained by sawing a scantling diagonally from end 

 to end. When partitions are made, the boards, 

 iscantlings or planks used in making them should 

 be planed on the side which comes in contact with 

 the silage, to facilitate the settling of the same. When 

 the silage has settled and is then fed out from one 

 side of the partition, the pressure against the latter 

 from the silage on the other side is not likely to 

 disturb it seriously. It is only when the silo is being 

 filled that this danger must be carefully guarded 

 against. 



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