993 
THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
August 7, 191.!>, 
Wooden-Hooped Silo 
Can The R. X.-Y. favor ns with some¬ 
thing about the* wonden-hooped silo said 
to miieli in evidence in many parts of 
Ob'o? IIow are tin* hoops made, and are 
they strong enough to resist all pressure? 
W. F. M. 
Tn many parts of Ohio the woorlen- 
liooped silo is very much in evidence and 
very satisfactory. Xo silo is more secure, 
and no stave silo is so little affected by 
shrinkage of the staves as these, as wood¬ 
en hoops never contract nor expand by 
any condition of weather, from the fact 
that wood never contracts, perceptibly, 
endwise. I think no form of s'lo offers 
as much storage for the money, as do 
these, and with as little outlay for foun¬ 
dations and labor of construction, and 
this without speaking in disparagement 
of any other form or kind of silo. 
The hoops are the most important mat¬ 
ter. as they need to be made of good, 
straight-grained green timber, sawed and 
“built" at once. Either oak or elm is all 
right. Have the lumber sawed half-inch by 
four inches for the hoops, and do not let 
them warp in the sun. Draw a circle on a 
very level piece of ground, or a big barn 
floor, the exact size of the proposed silo. 
If on the ground, drive a solid stub stake 
every foot up to the line on the inside of 
this circle. Xow run another circle line 
two inches away from the first on the out¬ 
side. and then drive another circle of 
stakes on the outside of this line, so to 
come in the half way between the first 
set of stakes. Xow spring in the strips 
for the hoops between these stakes, 
breaking joints by at least ID feet. When 
all are in place, clamp any place where 
the laps do not fit snugly together, and 
then nail the hoops with galvanized 
eight-penny nails if to be had : not along 
the center of the hoop but well "scat¬ 
tered.” If the barn floor is the handier 
place, then draw the two circles and nail 
down some short 2x4-inch blocks on each 
side of these circles and spring in the 
layers that make up the hoop. Cut 
the ends of these layers true, so 
they will “butt” together with a 
close joint. If one has plenty of 
some sort of cheap paint, it is not amiss 
to paint the flat sides of the hoops, as 
they are put together. 
For these silos, nothing is found bet¬ 
ter for foundation than leveling off the 
spot where the silo is to be built, and 
sinking a trench around in this circle and 
filling in with cement grout, so to have 
the silo set on its center. Have this ce¬ 
ment come up a foot above the level to 
protect against outside elements. Do 
nothing with the inside floor now. Put 
down hoop No. 1. and stay it against slip¬ 
ping. Set up some 2x4’s about the out¬ 
side circle of this hoop, and stay them, 
and see that they are plumb. Slip in 
hoop No. 2 and put in a 10-penny nail 
through the hoop into each of the 2x4’s, 
and so on up, and be sure that the hoops 
are true and plumb over each other; and 
brace so that the structure stands rigid 
and stable. When up to the top of the 
first “story.” splice up again with either 
the 2x4's or use good fence boards, and 
stay them by running out guys from the 
barn. 
(let the flooring to correspond with the 
spacing of the hoops, get 12, 14, and 10- 
foot lengths, so to lay without waste, 
and splice on the different hoops. Be 
sure to start the lining true, and go 
round to within 20 inches, and leave this 
space to set in the “doors” which can 
center on the hoops, and thus make a 
continuous door by cutting in “spacers,” 
each side for the jambs. 
The finishing up of the silo is as a 
man may elect, lie can outside cover it 
or not. If not, I would give it a heavy 
coat of paint, made out of skim-milk and 
Portland cement, put on plenty, especial¬ 
ly on the top edge of the hoops. If 
skim-milk is lacking, good prohibition 
spring water is not without value. The 
roof is as you may wish. It never rained 
enough into an open-topped silo to do any 
harm. It is snow and sleety rains that 
make a man wild-eyed. 
To finish up the floor, put some good 
cement on top of the inside wall, and 
“slicked” up against the siding a little. 
Then dig the floor of the silo somewhat 
kettle-bottomed in shape, putting the sur¬ 
plus dirt along the sill, and pack it all 
down snug. Silage will keep better on a 
dirt floor than a cement one. Be sure to 
stay the silo so it will not be blown over. 
It will never shrink and collapse, as iron 
hooped silcs have been known to do. and 
usually while the owner is at church. 
Many little details in erection will sug¬ 
gest themselves during the building and 
any good carpenter will evolve out of his 
own experience a way to build a wooden- 
booped silo, without this description, or 
a blue print. J. G. 
Ohio. 
New York Fairs. 
County. Place. Date. 
Albany—Altarr.ont .Aug. 17-20 
Allegany—Angelica .-...Sept. 14-17 
Allegany—Cuba .Sept. 21-24 
Allegany—Wellsville .Aug. 31-Sept. 3 
Broome—Whitney Point .Aug. 10-13 
Cattaraugus—Little Valley .Sept. 6-10 
Cattaraugus—Olean .Aug. 31-Sept. 3 
Chautauqua—Fredonia .Aug. 31-Sept. 3 
Chemung—Elmira .Sept. 13-17 
Chenango—Norwich .Aug. 24-27 
Chenango—Afton .•..Sept. 14-17 
Chenango—Greene .Aug. 31-Sept. 3 
Clinton—Plattsburg .Sept. 6-10 
Columbia—Chatham .Sept. 6-10 
Cortland—Cortland .Aug. 17-20 
Delaware—Delhi .Sept. 14-16 
Delaware—Margaretville .Aug. 3-6 
Delaware—Walton .Sept. 7-10 
Dutchess—Poughkeepsie .Sept. 21-24 
Erie—Hamburg .Sept. 14-17 
Esser.—Westport .Aug. 24-27 
Franklin—Malone .Sept. 14-17 
Genesee—Batavia .Sept. 21-25 
Greene—Cairo .Aug, 24-26 
Herkimer—Herkimer . Sept. 6-9 
Jefferson—Watertown .Sept. 7-10 
Jefferson—Cape Vincent.Aug. 31-Sept. 3 
Lewis—Lowville ...Aug. 31-Sept. 3 
Livingston—Hemlock .Sept. 30-Oct. 3 
Livingston—Caledonia .....Oct. 6-8 
Madison—Brookfield .Sept. 20-23 
Madison—De Ruyter .Aug. 10-13 
Monroe—Brockport .Sept. 1-4 
Monroe—Rochester .Aug. 30-Sept. 11 
Montgomery—Fonda .Sept. 28-Oct. 2 
Niagara—Lockport .Aug. 23-28 
Oneida—Rome .Sept. 21-24 
Oneida—Vernon .•.Sept. 2 £’?9 
Oneida—Boonville .•.Sept. 7-iU 
Ontario—Reeds Corners .Sept. 30-Oct. 2 
Ontario—Naples ..Sept. 9-11 
Ontario—Canandaigua .Sept, lb-la 
Orange—Middletown .Aug. 24-2 < 
Oswego—Fulton ..Aug. il nS 
Oswego—Sandy Creek .Aug. 24-27 
Otsego—Cooperstown .Sept. 13-16 
Otsego—Morris .Oct. SJ 
Otsego—Oneonta . -Sept. 20-23 
Otsego—Richfield Springs .Sept. 27-30 
Queens—Mineola .•.Sept. 21-23 
Rensselaer—Troy .Aug. 31-Sept. 3 
Rensselaer—Nassau .Sept. 14-17 
Richmond—Dongan Hills .Sept. 6-10 
Rockland—New City .Aug. 30-Sept. 2 
St. Lawrence—Canton .Aug. 31-Sept. 3 
St. Lawrence—Gouverneur .Aug. 24-27 
St. Lawrence—Potsdam .Sept 7-10 
St. Lawrence—Ogdensburg .Sept. 20-24 
Saratoga—Ballston Spa .-...Aug. 23-27 
Schoharie—Schoharie .Sept. 20-23 
Schoharie—Cobleskill .Sept. 27-Oct. 1 
Schuyler—Watkins . Sept. 7-10 
Seneca—Waterloo .Sept. 21-23 
Steuben—Bath .Sept. 28-Oct. 1 
Steuben—Hornell . Aug. 24-27 
Steuben—Troupsburg .Sept. 7-10 
Suffolk—Riverhead .Sept, 14-17 
Sullivan—Monticello ..-Aug. 31-Sept. 3 
Tioga—Owego .Aug. 31-Sept. 3 
Tioga—Newark Valley .Aug. 3-5 
Tompkins—Ithaca ..Sept. 21-24 
Tompkins—Dryden .Sept. 7-10 
Tompkins—Trumansburg .Aug. 24-27 
Ulster—Ellenville .Aug. 17-20 
Warren—Warrensburg .-Sept. 7-10 
Washington—Hudson Falls .Aug. 31-Sept. 3 
Washington—Cambridge .Aug. 23-27 
Wayne—Palmyra . Aug. 23-25 
Wayne—Newark .•.Sept. 9-11 
Westchester—White Plains.Sept. 29-Oct. 2 
Wyoming—Warsaw .Aug. l~-20 
Wyoming—Perry .Aug. 10-13 
Yates—Penn Yan .Sept. 7-10 
Yates—Dundee ..Oct. 5-7 
Connecticut. 
Name. Town. Date. 
Connecticut Fair Assn—Hartford.Sept. 6-11 
Connecticut Horticultural—Hartford. .Sept. 22-23 
Chester Agricultural—Chester .Sept. 25 
Colchester Grange—Colchester .Sep*. 9 
Connecticut Beekeepers’—Hartford... .Sept. 6-11 
Danbury—Danbury .Oct. 4-9 
East Haddam—East Haddam.Sent, 15 
Goshen—Goshen .Sept. 6-7 
Granby—Granby .Sent. 22-23 
Guilford—Guilford .Sent. 29 
Haddam Neck—Haddam Neck .Sept. 6 
Harwinton—Harwinton .Oct. 5 
Lyme—Hamburg .Sept. 22 
Naugatuck—Naugatuck .Oct.. 12-13 
New Haven County—New Haven.Sept. 16-17 
Norfolk—Norfolk .Sept. 9-11 
North Stonington—North Stonington ...Sept. 1-3 
Norwich—Norwich .Sept. 6-9 
Rockville—Rockville .Sept. 21-23 
Salisbury—Salisbury .Sept. 6 
Stafford Sonnes—Stafford Springs... .Oct. 12-14 
Suffield—Suffield .Sept. 29-30 
Washington—Washington .Sept. 3 
Windham County—Brooklyn .Sept. 21-23 
Windsor—Windsor .July 5-7 
Windsor—Windsor .Oct. 19-21 
Woodstock—South Woodstock .Sept. 13-15 
Wolcott—Wolcott .Oct. 13 
99 
“It Throws 
Cipt^C and Blows 
Save Time, Power and 
Labor Filling Your Silo 
The Papec Pneumatic Ensilage Cutter is the one blower 
type of cutter that can be successfully operated with as little 
power as a 4 h. p. gasoline engine. Many owners of Papec 
Cutters will back us up in this statement. 
Shelton, Conn., Oct. 29 , 1914 . 
Papec Machine Co., Shortsville, N.Y. 
Gentlemen—I purchased one of 
your i o-inch Papec Cutters last 
fall. Am well pleased with it. 
Filled my ^ 2 -ft. silo with a four- 
horse Rockford engine and had 
plenty of power. 
Yours truly, 
R. F.D. 7. Tracy J. McKwkn. 
Meauwataka, Mich., Nov. 17 ,’ 14 . 
Papec Machine Co., Shortsville, N.Y. 
Gentlemen—We bought one of 
the 10 -inch Papec Ensilage Cutters 
of Walters & McGregor of Man- 
ton, Mich., and we like it very 
much. We filled four silos with 
a 4 -horse gasoline engine. 
Yours truly, 
A. L. Cassety. 
THE PAPEC ENSILAGE CUTTER 
is not chain driven but transmits all the power through heavy 
gears. It is a machine of few parts—nothing to get out of 
order or cause repair bills. The “ Papec ” cuts silage fine and 
uniform and elevates it to the top of the highest silo in a steady 
full stream. The throwing, blowing, lifting force carries the 
silage rapidly up into the silo where it is distributed evenly and 
packs perfectly. This keeps the ensilage sweet and succulent. 
Write today for illustrated catalog describing the dif¬ 
ferent sizes cf Papec Pneumatic Ensilage Cutters and 
telling how they save time and labor at silo filling lime. 
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Get your Silo filled quick 
Until the corn is in the silo, hundreds 
of dollars are at stake with you. 
Why take chances? Play safe. Doaway 
forever with worrying if you can got a 
cutterwhen you need it. Decide now to buy the 
BUZZARD 
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Even if your dealer is sold out on cutters, he can wire 
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Your regular farm engine is plenty powerful. It’sa 
regular work eater. Will cut fantas you can feed— 
eelf-feed table saves one man—and elevates to the 
top of your silo without a hitch. The Blizzard is 
steady as a clock. Many in use for 14 and 15 years. 
Repair expense little or nothing. All wearing parts 
replaceable. See your dealer quick—write for 
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quick for his name and for Blizzard Catalog. 
THE JOS. DICK MFC.CO. Box20, Canton, 0. 
Special announce¬ 
ment to late buyers 
about BLIZZARD 
Ensilage Cutters 
& nee u a \VJ T ' /y PAT orr - ** 
Safe silage cutter 
Then you don’t have to wait for the custom-worker but you cut your corn when 
it is ready. Coarse or fine; fast or slow. Throws and blowsand puts the silage 
into the highest silo. It is safe, too. Automatic safety yoke makes accidents 
impossible to operator. Steel plate case, solid disc, steel 
base and strong construction. Three bearings, rocking 
force-feed rolls, straight knives, (easy to keep keen) 
and sharpener. It takes very little power. Sized for 3)^ 
h. p. up. Sold at a price you want to pay. 
Distributing hov~-~ everywhere 
SWAYNE, ROBINSON & CO., 210 Main St., Richmond, lad. 
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Distributors for Nero York State 
- 223 Washington St., Binghamton, New York 
PORTABLE 
ENGINE 
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and a “Money Maker” 
SAFE SILAGE GUTTER 
Will Prove Real Money Makers for You, 
With a Deyo Engine and a yVRITE 
Maker” Silo Filler you can lill the? 
highest silo with ease and dispatch. 
Read Swayne, Robinson & Co.’s advertisement right above this for information about the Silo Filler. I id*.' 
are the manufacturers and we have the sale down in this part of the country. You can take our word for it that 
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