38 Report on Miscellaneous Implements at Shrewsbury, ^'c. 
found in the last volume of this ' Journal,' the whole subject of 
Ensilage is dealt with in such an exhaustive and explicit 
manner that it only remains for me to name the exhibitors and 
their respective exhibits ; their whole system of buildings^ 
method of \yeighting, «Scc., having been fully described in the 
Report referred to. 
Messrs. W. H. Lascelles and Co., 121, Bunhill Boic, London, 
exhibited their Silo-Portable, made of timber framing and 
concrete slabs. The week previous to the opening of the Show 
this silo, under the superintendence of Mr. Kaines Jackson, had 
been filled with green clover, unchaffed, and weighted with 
loose sand. The silo was opened on Monday afternoon, so- 
that visitors might inspect the silage, which, to all appearance, 
was in process of being well preserved. The price of this sila 
was 161. 
Mr. S. H. Stocks, Whitecliffes, Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, exhi- 
bited a Portable Wooden Silo and Press. The dimensions were 
20 ft. by 11 ft. by 12 ft. Capacity, 53 tons. Price, 58Z. The 
construction of Mr. Stocks's silo, with the mode of pressing the 
material, is fully described at page 201 in the volume containing 
Mr. Jenkins's Report. 
Messrs. F. W. Reynolds and Co., Acorn Works, BlackfriarSy 
London, S.E., had three Patent Portable Silos on exhibition. 
Messrs. Reynolds' arrangements for the mechanical compression 
of fodder in silos has been fully described in the Report by 
Mr. Jenkins. It may, however, be of advantage to give the 
following description of the portable silos exhibited : — 
Patent Wooden Portable Silo. — It consists of wooden boards planed on the 
inside and ed<;es to suit the radius of the required circle, and tongued ■with 
hoop iron. These boards are erected vertically, like staves of a barrel, and are 
held together on the outside by iron bands, which are tightened up by lugs 
and screws, the bands being in sections. Some of the staves are supplied with 
staj les in which the bands rest before they are tightened. These staves are 
erected first, and after the bands are placed in position, the remaining staves 
are put in a circle inside the bands, and the whole drawn together by means 
of the screws. A door is supplied to facilitate the removal of the silage. 
When the sides of the silo are sufficiently tightened, they become both air and 
water tight, but the outside should have a coat of tar to protect it from the 
weather, and the inside may be charred with a torch. After erection, the 
floor should be raised a few inches above the surrounding ground to keep it 
dry ; it may be maile of concrete, puddled clay, or it may be paved with wood 
or stone. The roof consists of a cross-beam of timber, with a timber upright 
in the middle, the whole being covered with rot-proof and water-tight canvas 
fastened down to the sides of the silo by a band drawn together with a screw. . 
When erected, this silo is practically air and water tight throughout, the joints 
of the door being luted with clay. Its strength in sustaining lateral pressure 
is very greac, the circular form being the best adapted to resist internal pres- 
sure, and to contain more silage for the same amount of wall than any other 
shape. This form is also more suitable than any other for allowing the 
silage to sink, as there is less friction where there arc no corners. Any moana 
