CHAPTER IV. 



BUILDING THE SILO. 



But three kinds of silos will be considered in 

 this chapter, viz., the round wooden silo, the square 

 or rectangular wooden silo, and the round stone silo, 

 and, for the reason that nearly all, if not indeed 

 all, the silos erected in the future will pretty 

 certainly be built on one or the other of these 

 plans. The Author inclines to the belief that nearly 

 all the silos built in the immediate future will be 

 made of staves held in place by hoops, hence it will 

 be the aim to give the necessary information 

 relating to the building of these with some degree 

 of minuteness. 



THE ROUND WOODEN SILO. 



When all the conditions are favorable for locat- 

 ing the round silo, that form of silo should be chosen. 

 It has the following advantages-: — i, It is more 

 cheaply built than the square or rectangular silo 

 since it requires less material whether built of staves 

 or otherwise. Even when built with a frame there 

 is much saving in studding material, because of the 

 less size of the studs used. 2, The circular form 

 is much more favorable to the even settling of the 

 silage, and therefore more favorable to its perfect 

 preservation. This arises, in part at least, from the 



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