The Silo and Silage-stack Competition, 1885-86. 2Go 
12 feet broad, and 10 feet deep, and lying parallel to each other. The two 
outer compartments are divided each into three smaller divisions, thus : — 
A 
B 
6 
door [ 
5 
door [ 
7 
4 
door [ 
Large door. 
] door 
] door 2 
] door 1 
There are therefore six small compartments of 12 feet by 10 feet by 10 feet, 
and a larger one (marked 7) of 32 feet by 12 feet by 10 feet. The roof is made 
iu three sections corresponding in dimensions with the large divisions marked 
A, B, C ; but the roofs over A and C are made so that they may be run oS on 
a little railway in the direction of the arrows, while that over B is fixed. The 
roofs are made of coiTUgated iron. The silo is built into the side of a bank, 741 
cubic yards of earth having been removed for the purpose. This arrangement 
secures very advantageous modes of filling and emptying the compartments. 
The full carts are led up a slight inclir e, and can deposit their contents directly 
into compartments A and C. The inner compartment is filled by laying boards 
across the surface of A and C, thereby forming a platform ready to rtceive 
the fodder intended for division B. The emptying is begun at the large 
door in the middle division. If required, the cart can be backed into this 
compartment to receive silage from either of the divisions marked 1, 2, 3, 4, 
5, or 6. The walls are 14 inches thick, and made of brick-rubbish, sand, 
shingle, and Portland cement. The floors are made of the same materials. 
The pressures are applied in some compartments by Reynolds's patent, in 
others by Lister's patent, and lastly by means of concrete blocks, weighing 
about 1 cwt., made at a cost of Is, id. each. The whole cost of the silo 
is made up as under : — 
£ s. d. 
135 9 G 
Silo .. .. 
"Weights, mechanical 
and dead weights 
Roof .. .. 
57 
200 
0 = 22s. per square yard covered. 
392 16 0 = 35s. per 50 cubic ft. of capacity. 
The crops ensiled by Mr. Brassey were : — tares, trifolium, green oats, maize, 
and hopbine. All but the latter were chaffed. The compartments were filled 
at intervals between the 14th of June and the 7th of October. The details of 
filling are given on page 264, the crop first named in each compartment being 
a t the bottom, &c. : — 
