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CONCRETE SILOS 
pounds, and for chickens it should be placed in clean receptacles and fed 
to them like any other green stuff. Animals which have never been fed 
silage should be started on a very small quantity for a few days, just as 
other new foods are given only in small quantities at first, by the careful 
feeder. 
' 'In a recent issue of ' The Farmer ' an exchange article was run which 
would give the impression that concrete is injuriously affected by the 
Silage Juice ^^^^ silage juice. This certainly would be a mistaken idea, 
Does Not as there is absolutely no evidence we can find to show but what 
Affect concrete is just as enduring in a silo wall as anywhere else. 
Concrete ***** q^j, observations are that silage juice has absolutely 
no perceptible effect upon concrete." — The Farmer, Saint Paul. 
"There is nothing about concrete that produces mold in silage. If 
Concrete Does a concrete silo is properly made it will preserve silage well, 
Not Cause whether it be built above or below the ground." — Hoard's Dairy- 
Moldy Silage ^^^^ Atkinson. 
"It will not injure dairy cows to feed them all the silage they will 
Free Use eat providing it has been properly made and is not moldy." 
of Silage — KimhaWs Dairy Farmer, Waterloo. 
A subscriber to "Hoard's Dairyman" asks, "Which kind of silo 
keeps ensilage the best, wood or cement?" This is answered in the March 
27, 1914, issue. 
^Vood?^^ "A cement or concrete silo, if properly built, will keep 
ensilage as well as any other type of silo. The secret of success 
Monolithic Silo ^McCoy forms used) of Roy 
Hagler of Washington Court House, Ohio, built 
by James Wilt. 
Ward Swift's silo near Streator, Illinois, built by 
Armstrong and Co. of Streator. Note concrete 
roof and concrete chute. 
