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put up a stone silo, as one of this kind is practically 

 indestructible. Under certain conditions brick silos 

 may be the most satisfactory. The average dairyman 

 and stock farmer will, however, build a round wooden 

 silo with a stone foundation laid 

 in cement. There is less waste 

 of space and silage in a round 

 silo, although many square and 

 rectangular ones are found very 

 satisfactory. 



Building the Round Silo — 

 There are two methods of build- 

 ing round silos. Both have en- 

 thusiastic advocates and seem to 

 be giving satisfaction. The silo 

 built of staves kept together by 

 hoops, and with a stone founda- 

 tion and concrete bottom, has 

 many friends. The other kind 

 has the same sort of a founda- 

 tion and base, but the wall in 

 ' this is built by placing studding 

 eighteen inches apart and cover- 

 ing these on the inside with two 

 or three and on the outside with 

 two layers of half -inch boards, 

 between which are placed layers 

 of tar paper. Both kinds give 

 complete satisfaction in most in- 

 stances, and the farmer should 

 be governed largely by the dif- 

 ference in cost and his own personal preference. 



Where drainage is good it is advisable to start 

 the silo several feet below the surface of the ground. 

 Put in a stone foundation laid in cement, making it 

 one and one-half to two feet thick. For the bottom use 



Fig 33 — Distribution of 

 Hoops on Stave Silo 



At least three kinds of 

 hoops have been used in 

 stave silos, a round, tint and 

 woven wire. All three, of 

 course, are iron, and are 

 held in place bv lugs or 

 castings. These lugs of the 

 various hoops should be 

 distributed over the surface 

 of the silo, rather than rise 

 one above another in a 

 straight line. Proper distri- 

 bution is suggested in the 

 accompanying cut. 



