Joe went in to have a look at grand¬ 
father. The old man was in pain. 
“Say, won’t you never find that air gin¬ 
ger?” 
“Now father, here it is, but you know 
you ought not to eat so much. Every 
time you do you have this trouble!” 
“Taint so. There was some pizen in 
that hash!” 
At any rate the ginger was effective, 
and they all went back to sleep. These 
fine country people understood, and they 
forgave Joe the trouble be had caused 
them. 
But Joe wanted to do something to 
show his appreciation, and the opportuni¬ 
ty came before he went far. As it hap¬ 
pened the hired man was to drive to the 
railroad for a load of feed. His way lay 
past the hotel, and he invited Joe Strong 
to ride with him. On the way the two 
men found some way of communicating. 
It is strange how in some cases the deaf 
and their companions come to learn a 
sort of mind or spirit language which 
carries them through. As he rode on Joe 
came to know the story of this kindly 
man who for years had carried a hard 
cross through his daily life. For these 
knotted and twisted muscles in his eyes 
had made him appear stupid and ridicu¬ 
lous, and kept him out of the places 
which his mind and body were well fitted 
to occupy. 
“I wouldn’t mind it so much,” said the 
hired man, “if it wasn’t for that school 
teacher. I can get along in the world 
simply and well, but I want her and she 
can’t bear the idea of a cross-eyed man. 
I don’t blame her. She practically told 
me that if my eyes were straight she’d 
marry me. But what’s the use?” 
As they drove up to the great hotel Joe 
saw a familiar figure sprawled out in a 
chair with his feet on the railing. It was 
a great eye specialist from New York— 
again and again this man had given sight 
to the blind. 
Joe stood up in the wagon. 
“Here Billy,” he said, “you old horse 
doctor—come here. I’ve got a case for 
you !” 
'The big man lazily unwound himself 
from the chair and strolled out to the 
wagon. 
“Say Billy, look at this man’s eyes, 
will you?” • 
The doctor raised the hired man’s eye¬ 
lids and studied the eyes carefully. 
“Easy,” he said, “the simplest thing 
you know. A little cutting of that mus¬ 
cle, and those eyes will come as straight 
as yours. I can do it in five minutes.” 
“Do you mean to say my eyes will be 
straight?” 
“Sure thing. Come in and I’ll do it 
now !” 
“Thank God!” 
That was all the hired man could say 
and somehow Joe heard him say it! 
h. w. c. 
Reconstruction of Silo 
Will you advise me with regard to the 
reconstruction of a silo that was blown 
down during a recent severe windstorm? 
It is a 24-ft. silo, 12 ft. in diameter, 
staves one piece tongued and grooved, 
N. C. pine and rested upon a cement pit 
5 ft. deep, 12 ft. in diameter outside and 
10 ft. in diameter inside. The pit is in 
perfect condition, and only about six of 
the staves have been damaged at the 
bottom. The roof is intact. Would it 
be possible to reduce the dimension of 
this silo to 10x24? What would be the 
best way to handle the pit? Would 
you advise building an inner wall of 
cement within the wall of the present 
pit. or could it be filled up with stones 
and gravel to about 6 or 8 in. of its top, 
and then a cement floor laid and the silo 
10x24 raised upon it? My understand¬ 
ing is that a silo 10x24 ft. will supply a 
capacity of about 3.8 tons, and must be 
fed at the rate of about 500 lbs. daily. 
If this is correct, dispensing with the 
present pit and reducing the dimension 
of the silo to 10x24 from 12x24, plus 
pit capacity, I will have ample supply. 
The silo is located between the barn and 
the side of a hill, the hill being built 
up or faced with rocks, and there is a 
space of about 3 ft. between the standing 
silo and the rocks where Winter storms, 
especially snows, have a chance to pile 
up against the silo. Would you advise 
protecting the silo against this, and does 
the snow r resting against the silo have 
any effect upon the silage? J. w. 
If the staves of your silo are only in¬ 
jured at the lower end it might be pos¬ 
sible to rebuild the silo the other end up, 
bringing the broken parts to the top 
where they could be repaired well enough 
to work all right, as the silage will settle 
for some little distance after filling, the 
distance depending upon the character of 
the silage, the rapidity with which the 
silo is filled and the care used in packing. 
This would be the cheapest method of 
repair and would retain the original ca¬ 
pacity. The silo can be reduced in di¬ 
ameter as you suggest, and if this is done 
it seems that the inside wall of concrete 
would be the best way to fix the pit. This 
space is too valuable to -waste by filling 
with concrete, for although your silo is 
24 ft. in height there will not be 24 ft. 
of silage in it, as it is impossible to fill 
clear to the top, and the silage also 
settles after filling. I would not expect 
the snow drifting against the side of the 
silo to have any harmful effect. If any¬ 
thing it should lessen freezing, r. h. s. 
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