1906. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
691 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Stifle Joint Out of Place. 
1 have a colt two years old. Its stifle 
joint throws out and back very frequently. 
Is there any way to keep it in place? Will 
the colt be of any value unless permanently 
cured? G. H. P 
The stifle joint has a bone much like the 
knee-cap of man. When this cap slips to 
one side place your hand against it and 
it will go to its place and by the time the 
colt is three or four years old I do not 
think it will slip from its place. It is 
quite common with large well-fed colts. 
M. D. WILLIAMS, D. V. S. 
SILO QUESTIONS. 
I am thinking of putting up an octagonal 
silo somewhat after II. (1. Manchester’s plan. 
My stable is in the basement. The stone 
foundation at the end where silo would be is 
about nine feet high. Would it be better to 
dig down to level of stable floor, cutting a 
door through wall, and put in cement to the 
ground level, using foundation wall for one 
side of silo, or to build all of wood above 
ground? IIow thick should bottom and walls 
be? Can field stone, up to the size of the 
thickness of the wall, be used in the cement? 
If used, should they be mixed with the sand 
and cement, or put in as cement is put in 
the forms? What height can be laid in one 
day? IIow would cost of the two construc¬ 
tions compare? h. b. 
Connecticut. 
If I were to build a silo under the 
conditions as I understand them, I should 
certainly dig down to level of stable 
floor, and even a foot or two below. These 
nine or 10 feet at the bottom are worth 
12 to 14 at the top. Of course it will 
cost somewhat more to dig down and lay 
up the wall, but T believe it will pay. 
The wall cement laid will be durable, and 
in the end not expensive if well made. 
A wall one foot thick, especially if backed 
up by the surrounding soil, will be suffi¬ 
ciently thick, and any size stone may 
be used. I should lay up the wall with 
cement, the best grade I could get, using 
no lime, and cover the inside surface with 
an inch or so perfectly smooth. When 
laying up the wall care should he taken to 
have the wooden part so set that it forms 
a smooth continuous surface on the in¬ 
terior of the silo, so that the silage may 
settle perfectly, and not stopped by pro¬ 
jections, so that there are air spaces, 
which means decayed silage. It is not 
necessary to have any forms, but only to 
’ay up a good wall. Cut out your door 
and finish it on a bevel that a plank door 
will fit in flush with inside surface. This 
will set in from inside, and a strip of 
tarred building paper will often help to 
make a tight job. Hav» your door as near 
the feeding alley as possible, as every step 
saved means a good many in the course 
of the lifetime of the silo. By digging- 
down to stable level the capacity of silo 
desired is secured without going so high 
in the air, and means easier filling, espe¬ 
cially if one has no more power than is 
necessary. h. g. Manchester. 
THE SMALLEST SILO. 
I think it would hardly pay to erect a 
s:lo for less than 10 animals, as the losses 
would he too great; that is, it would not 
be possible to have the diameter nar¬ 
row enough to admit of removing a suffi¬ 
cient amount each day to prevent spoiling. 
1 would suggest that where there are 
fewer animals corn fodder could he used 
as roughage, and fodder beets grown as 
succulence. A small silo that I have seen 
was eight feet in diameter, and was used 
for 15 COWS. E. B. VOORHEES. 
New Jersey Exp. Station. 
I he smallest silo that I ever remember 
seeing m use was on the farm of Mr. Wc- 
Lailan, of Tompkins Co., N. Y. It was 
a circular or tub silo about eight feet 
in diameter, and from it he was feeding 
eight dairy cows. I have upon several 
occasions inquired about this silo and its 
use, and am assured by Air. McLallan that 
it has been a success, the eight cows being 
able to use the silage fast enough to keen 
a fresh surface. I don’t know whether 
5ie has attempted to feed this number of 
animals during warm weather, but during 
cold weather it seems it is practicable to 
feed as small a number as eight cows 
from a small silo. Of course the diffi¬ 
culty with a small herd is that the ani¬ 
mals sometimes will not eat the material 
fast enough to prevent loss from the ex¬ 
posure at the surface. I very much doubt 
whether a smaller silo than this would 
be practicable. j. l. stone. 
Cornell University. 
I saw some silos built about four feet 
in diameter for experimental purposes, 
but none of them was a success, as the 
crops put in all decayed and were no 
good for feed. I believe that a silo eight 
feet in diameter would be a success if care 
was taken in filling, at least I can see no 
reason why it might not be. When 
the diameter is too little there does not 
seem to be body enough to keep out the 
air and the food spoils. I have just seen 
a silo filled with oats and Spring-sown 
clover. There was a good sprinkling of 
clover in it, and the silage smelled fine, 
was highly relished by the cows and a 
splendid milk food. h. g. Manchester. 
I think I have heard of silage being 
kept in barrels. Provided a silo can be 
made tight on bottom and sides, to ex¬ 
clude the air, there is no reason why a 
person could not have any size he wishes. 
I would not advise building one less than 
12 feet deep, because lumber usually 
comes about that length, and with that 
depth you would get pressure of its own 
weight to pack, while with a shallow silo 
you would need artificial weight to pack 
it tight enough to make it keep. If any 
air gets into the silo at bottom or on sides 
it turns the silage black, rotting it. A 
round silo built of staves with hoops 
made to tighten would be the best. 
Vermont. c. m. winslow. 
Spreading Hog Diseases. —Prof. R. A.. 
Craig, of the Indiana Experiment Station, 
says that loss from disease in hogs is largely 
due to diseases which are transmitted by 
germs which live and breed in mud and 
tilth: 
“During the Spring and Summer wallow 
holes are formed in the yards and pastures. 
In case the hogs run in a large lot or pas¬ 
ture dicing the Summer, it is often consid¬ 
ered unnecessary to clean and disinfect the 
small yards and hoghouses, and they become 
filthy and dusty. Muddy yards are espe¬ 
cially objectionable, as they soon become 
filthy. If necessary,, the sanitary conditions 
of the yard can be improved by draining 
them, keeping the wallow holes tilled in and 
taking the hogs out for a few months every 
•year. The unused lots can be cleaned and 
put to good use by plowing and sowing them 
to oats, rape, cow peas, etc. In no place on 
the farm are disinfectants so necessary as 
in the hoghouses and yards. Whitewash 
should be used about the houses at least 
once during the year. Every two or three 
weeks the houses, feeding floors, troughs, etc., 
should be sprayed with a disinfectant. The 
tar disinfectants are the most convenient to 
use. These should be used in not less than 
two per cent water solutions. An occasional 
spraying or dipping of the hogs in a one 
per cent water soluton should he practiced. 
Young hogs should not he given crowded 
quarters. In order to keep them in a 
healthy, growing condition, a proper diet 
should be fed. Healthy individuals pos¬ 
sess a certain amount of power to resist 
disease, and this plays no small part in 
preventing it” 
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