The Newtown bee., 1894-08-17

The directions for b' uilding cheap silo are many. At thss start, a distinc- tion should be made as to what is inn piled by cheap silo- We do not hold that silo if eheaply built need for that reason be insecurely or flimsily con- strueted A silo can be built of cheap, sound lumber, put together strongly, and in every way made secure, and pos sess all the properties of keeping ensi- lage that attach to another built in the most expensive manner, and in the end prove quite as durable.
 There is little doubt that wooden silos, we'll painted with some form of water proof paint, will for years to come be the popular ''form", but that there will be varations of it is only natural. At present some form of the balloon frame, lined up inside with one thickness of No. I flooring, or two thicknesses of 10 or 12 inch wide boards, put on with half lap, are the most common. In localities where lumber is very plenty and cheap, the silo is often built of two by six inch studding laid horizontally upon each other, and a coating of some form of paint like gas tar put between each as laid, so that when done, the silo is in reality a six-inch plank. This way makes a very strong wall, and the cor ners are particularly so, from the fact that the ends are crossed and lap-lointed, which makes it impossible to be pulled apart. Care should be taken, in build- ing this form, to keep the inside wall surface as true as possible, so that as little resistance as can be is given to the settling ensilage.
 In your country, where the lasting woods are so common, we would sug- gest that the foundations of the silo be good square sticks of timber set firmly in a trench, and then either the studding or other form described commenced upon this. Where there isgood natural drain age, and surface water is not a menace . every time it rains, we doubt if better floor was ever in a sllo than well pounded in clay, letting it come up against the walls nearly foot, so that it will be quite kettle-shaped at the cen-
 
 . side and 20 feet deep-sufficiently large for l2 cows five to six months-is built of two thicknesses of lumber on the in- side, the studding toe-nailed to stills trenched into the soil, and clay floor. T For about eight years this has given the best of satisfaction. It is in one corner of the big barn, so that no roof or out side cover is needed, and the lumber bill g was, in boards and studding, not fal IS from 2,50O feet, beside the stills, keg oi m tenpenny wire nails, two rolls of tarreo IS paper and six days work to build, mak a ing a total of a little over $50. The as other silo, built of sound cuil pine lum of Der, and proving as good in every way lg and holding over a third more, wa: le built very much cheaper a couple 0. III years later.
 70 Another form of cheaply built silo, ii t one built six-square, and the studding le instead of being put up and down, are GU
 to fit, the ends halved and bolted an(
 placed one above the other, each two
 feet. The lining of the silo is singl, y thickness of flooring, put on up ane
 down of course, and the whole wei
 painted with waterproof paint. Man - holes" are cut in at proper places be
 tween the ''girths,'' and the boards pu I, back into the place from which the, IA were sawed, and when the silo is beins
 filled a curtain of tarred paper is pu
 over this man-hole on the inside, and th
 pressure of the ensilage against it make ,- an air-tight joint and thoroughly pro 6 tects the ensilage from the air, and tha
 means good keeping.
 A silo has this merit, that if the ensi
 lage is not fed out, it can be covere'
 over with foot of very wet straw, wei '' trodden down, and there will not be an - loss of ensilage to speak of; and late
 on, if the pastures gives out, there vii
 be good substitute on hand to bridg
 over with, and then later on, if the ens
 lage holds out, and the new crop
 clamoring for good warm receptacle i
 the silo, simply throw out the straw an
 proceed to fill as if what was in ther
 already was yesterdays cut, and fill tn
 silo to the brim with the new crop.
 Ensilage everywhere is proving
 most excellent crop for not only a ,o grades of sheep but especially winte
 breeding ewes. Hundreds of the shee . men all over the county are profiting
 the discovery that ensilages is as good fe N- a eve in milk as for COW, and it ha
 in many quarters made it's value felt in
 very gratifying way in the problem ( winter lamb raising. The Michigan As at .n ricultural Station has made most f;
 vorable report on the value of ensilag | for sheep, matter on which Prof Shaw I1 before he left Canada, had fully satisfie himself. Sheep eat ensilage as readil as cattle; to prove this one only has t
 visit the great stables of the Hon J. $
 Woodward at Lockport, N. r., in th
 winter and see the TOO ewes with the \ winter lambs consume the ensilage b \ the ton, and mark the excellent an thriving condition of both the sheep an . lambs, especially the latter, which show at sight that the ensilage is proving ,r fine food for the ewes, and the lamt ~ are getting their full share of the ben,
 fit.--[John Gould in Country Gentleman
 OUNCE RUST.
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