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Live Stock and Dairy 
Square Wooden Silo 
I would like information about the 
5 X]uare wooden silos that I saw de¬ 
scribed in The 11. N.-Y. some time ago; 
that is, homemade square silos with cor¬ 
ners cut, making it nearly or practically 
round. What should be the size of the 
timbers and for a 12x12 or 24x14, 14x16 
feet high, how far apart should they be 
placed? Which is better, planks jointed 
or boards two thicknesses with tar pa¬ 
per between? Should the boards be 
jointed or just plain boards? Would it 
be advisable to dig down three or four 
feet in the ground to cement up to make 
the silo deeper? G. K. F. 
laidlow, Mass. 
For some reason the square, home- 
built silos are still inquired about, and 
built in this section of Ohio, and within 
two years quite half a dozen—huge 300- 
ton ones—have been built about here, and 
smaller ones appearing all the while, 
though not to the exclusion of the ready- 
built, and hollow tile ones. I think the 
in(iuirer’s proportions are not the best 
for a silo of the capacity indicated. In¬ 
stead of 12x12 ft. and 10 ft. in height, 
he will have far better success by build¬ 
ing a 9x9 or 10x10 ft., and 24 ft. In 
height, as shorter girths can be used, 
and the greater depth will afford better 
and more compact settling of the silage, 
which is the most important item In 
making the silage become more compact, 
and more nearly excluding the air by its 
own weight, matters quite impossible to 
secure in a wide shallow pit. 
The inquirer will find that for a silo 
9x9 ft., 2xS-inch girths will be ample, 
placing these square girth frames two 
feet apart for half the way to the top, 
and then in increasing distances apart to 
the top, where pressure will be grad¬ 
ually diminishing. These frames must 
be well spiked on the corners, and the 
corners “cut” with about a 12-inch wide 
crosspiece as depicted in the diagram. 
As these girths are placed in horizontal 
positions, they are to be held apart and 
in imsition by some 20-inch pieces, toe- 
nailed in between them, of course keep¬ 
ing the frame plumb. As to the founda¬ 
tion. whether it should be a pit three or 
four feet deep walled up above the sur¬ 
face, and made waterproof against the 
entrance of surface water, or a broken 
and prevent some frost from falling in, 
in zero weather. The rain will do no 
damage, and in a majority of cases, a 
four-inch rainfall into the top of a silo 
after filling would be a decided benefit. 
Still I would prefer a roof in Massachu¬ 
setts if my memory serves me right. 
Ohio. j. G. 
Indigestion 
I have a black horse 17 years old that 
stays poor in spite of plenty of feed. Ills 
grain seems to digest as I never find any 
passed whole. He has a foul breath. 
Ohio. G. p. 
It is quite likely that diseased molar 
teeth cause the bad breath and also the 
failure to thrive. Under the circum- 
stjuices you should take the hoi*se to a 
skilled veterinarian who, so far as possi¬ 
ble. will put the teeth in order. The 
teeth of a 17-year-old horse are, however, 
often so irregular that dentistry fails to 
make them perfectly fit for pi"oper mas¬ 
tication of feed. Meanwhile if you will 
mix a tablespoonful of powdered wood 
charcoal and 2 teaspoonfuls of bicarbon¬ 
ate of soda in the feed night and morn¬ 
ing that may materially improve condi¬ 
tions of breath and digestive organs. 
_ A. s. A. 
Notes from Department of Foods and 
Markets 
204 Franklin Street, New York 
(Continued from page 651) 
Live LAsrns and Dressed Pork.— 
Live Spring lambs lower, ,$11 to $15 iter 
cwt. ('ountry-dressed pork in light sup¬ 
ply and firm—IGc to 21c. 
Dressed Roasting Pigs. 
Pigs weighing 10 to 15 lbs. usually 
sell best, but heavier weights arc in de¬ 
mand during the holiday season. Great 
care should be used in scalding; the skin 
is so tender that if the water is too hot it 
cooks them and spoils the appearance of 
the stock. Open the belly just enough 
to take out all the entrails, including the 
liver; drag the hind legs up as close as 
possible and run a strong skewer through 
each foot and the belly; then bring the 
fore legs down and secure them in the 
same way as the hind legs. It is neces¬ 
sary to do this before the meat is “set.” 
Pack them carefuly in barrels or boxes 
and see that they are kept clean. 
Apples. —Strictly fancy apples in light 
supply. Fancy apples firm; lower 
grades selling slowly. Baldwin, $4 to 
.$4.75; strictly fancy, $5 to .$(>; a few 
Greening sold ,$6 to .$7; Bpti Davis, $3.75 
to $4.75; Newtown Pippins, $4.50 to $7; 
Spy, $3.50 to $5.50. 
Potatoes and ‘Onions. —State pota- 
toe.s, ,$9 per 165-lb. bag; Southern and 
liermuda potatoes, $8 to $10 per barrel; 
Maine, $8.,50 to $9 per 165-lb. bag. Long 
Island, barrel, .$9 to .$10. Onions —Ohl 
stock cleaned up. Texas, crate, $2.75 to 
,$4; Bermuda, crate, ,$3.50 to .$4; Span¬ 
ish, ease, .$2..50 to $5.,50, Onion sets per 
basket, $1.50 to $3. Beans —Market 
firm and higher. Marrow, 100 lbs., $14 
to $15.50; pea, ,$14.50 to $15.50; red kid¬ 
ney, $13 to $13.75; white kidney, $14 to 
$15. 
Honey, Maple Syrup and Maple 
Sugar.— No. 1 Clover comb honey, per 
pound, 15 to 16c; lower grades, lie to 
ISc; maple syrup, $1.10 to $1.20^per gal¬ 
lon. Maple sugar, small cakes, 15c to 16c 
per lb.; large cakes, 14c to 15c per lb. 
If maple syrup or sugar is scorched or 
burned in making will sell lower. 
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For sale by THE RURAL NEW 
Y0R:SER, 333 W. 30th St., New York. 
Stone and cement platform, enough 
above the surface to secure water pro¬ 
tection, is for the inquirer to answer for 
himself. If the former, then bring tills 
ground wall up a foot above the surface, 
make it level, and then double two of 
these girths and bed them onto the wall 
with liberal measures of cement. If the 
platform, do the same way so that there 
can be no chance for springing and ad¬ 
mitting the air. 
I should only use one thickness of 
lumber for the lining of the silo where 
it comes in contact wtih the silage, and 
save the other thickness of boards to 
outside it with. Here we use Southern 
yellow pine for inside ceiling, using 
inch matched flooring, put on of course 
up and down, jointing on the girths, and 
using no paint, allowing the lumber to 
dry out as fast as the silage is lowered 
in feeding. If the lining is driven up 
snug in putting on, there will be no 
need of “tightening of hoops,” as the 
girths never shrink endways, and the 
lining lumber is always held “close shut.” 
There is no advantage in using two 
thicknesses of lumber with tarred paper 
between, as imatched lumber answers 
every requirement, and cheapens the cost 
by that much. The only advantage there 
is in a roof, is to keep out the snow. 
— as low as *12 92 
Includes line shaft, pulleys and 
hangers, attached to heavy plank 
—the speed governor of a thousand differ¬ 
ent speeds. Every turn of the hand wheel 
gives a different speed and each speed is 
absolutely steady and uniform. 
Install it yourself with a screw driver. No 
figuring pulleys, no chance of installing it 
wrong for it runs in either direction, 
attached to the floor, the wall or the ceil¬ 
ing. It’s as cheap as an ordinary line-shaft 
with the gov- 
Go To Your Dealer 
and see it. He’ll demonstrate it and 
he'll show you what a profit - producer 
it will be for you. Get ALL THE FACTS. 
THEY ARE WORTH KNOWING. 
T he Cedar Rapids Speed Governing Line 
Shaft is as cheap as the average friction- 
clutch pulley, yet it controls the speed of 
several pulleys at once without stopping your 
engine. The engine operates the governor— 
the governor controls the line-shaft. 
The governor absorbs all jerky vibration. 
The power transmitted is steady and smooth. 
Runs all machinery at uniform speed. If you 
own an engine you need the Cedar Rapids 
Speed Governing Line-Shaft. One man saved 
enough labor fanning 50 bushels of clover-seed 
to more than pay for his governor outfit. 
emor pulley 
thrown in. 
CEDAR RAPIDS 
FOUNDRY & MACHINE 
COMPANY 
2002 Second Street, West 
Cedar Rapids •> • Iowa 
Controls Them All 
Cream separators remire start¬ 
ing at slow speed. The Speed 
Governing Line Shaft makes any 
separator run smoothly. 
Butter Churning necessitate.*! 
slowing down the machinery to 
gather the butter. It regulates this. 
Your Grindstone can best be run 
from a pulley on the Speed Gov¬ 
erning Line Shaft. 
Lighting plants require regular 
power without “miss-fire” or 
“break.” Controlled by the Speed 
Governing Line Shaft. 
Your Washing Machine should 
be operated slowly when washing 
large pieces. The Governing Line 
Shedt controls it. 
$50 in Cash Prizes 
to be awarded July 1st. Present 
owners and prospective . buyers 
should write for full particulars. 
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