Silos and Silage in Colorado. 
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a half of a coal oil barrel in which to hoist the dirt. We had the black¬ 
smith put a heavy band of iron under the tub extending up three- 
fifths of the way on each side. The ends of this band were formed 
into eyes for the bail. The bail was made from %-in. round iron and 
was made large enough so that the tub could turn bottom up inside of 
the bail. If the bail is properly attached, the tub can be emptied with 
little effort. We attached a hook to the back of a road scraper so we 
Fig. II. Two pit silos on the Plains Substation Farm at Cheyenne 
Wells, built by Superintendent J. W. Adams. Note the plaster on the 
adobe walls, the hoist for elevating dirt and silage, and the half-barrel 
bucket. This shows a desirable location of silos. (Photo by Lauck.) 
could use the same team to haul away the dirt that we used to hoist 
dirt out of the silos. We would load the scraper, then attach the 
rope to the hook on the back of the scraper, then drive the team up 
until the tub was above the silo, then swing the tub out and dump 
it, swing it back over the silo, release the rope from the scraper and 
let it down by hand. The team will learn very quickly what is ex¬ 
pected of them so they will not need a driver while hoisting the tub. 
The loaded scraper will relieve the team of the necessity of holding 
the tub while it is being emptied. In this way one man and team 
can keep two men busy digging even when the dirt spades easily. If 
the digging is hard; one man can haul the dirt considerable distances 
and still keep two men busy. We used the dirt to fill in the low 
places in our barn yard. 
When we made our first silos we completed the digging before 
we plastered. This necessitated making staging. This we did by 
making a round platform and hanging it from the top. The last 
silos we plastered as we went down. We would dig six or seven 
feet and then plaster and then work in the other silo while the plas- 
