The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-17
APPROVED WAY OF BUILDING 4 srro

APPROVED WAY OF BUILDING SIL,O
Silos are usually built in one of two
ways, either by what is known rs the
double-Doarded, or the single ceilel
way, and generally in either case out
OF pine lumber, rs that seems to be
the handiest and least expensive, al
though oak, hemlock and other woods
II sound and free of knotholes and
cracks, may be used, writes John
Gould. Many silos are built in some
part OF the barn, to cheaper cost, be.
cause then the barn walls become the
outside protection and roof, which
reduces the silo to n big box in the
barn, this being about as handy n
place from which to feed the stock as
can be found. In the barn the silo
needs no stone foundation. All that
Is required is to dig trench the size
oil the siio, large enough to receive n
ten-Inch square sill, and bed it in
mortar underneath and on the sides to
hrm 1t. Set up the 2xG inch studdino
eighteen incles apart from center to
center, and line up on the inside with
inch lumber, ten inches wide. cross
locked at the corner, and so securely
that 1T will be impossible to pull apart
Cover on the inside of this first linin0
with cheap tarred paper, then run on
another layer of the same kind of lum-
Der; put 1T on with half lap. SO as To
break the joints in the first layer, and
nail well with tenpenny wire nails
10 make sure that the corners are
tight, have 3x3 inch scanting sawed
through cornerwise and nail these
halves into the corners, with n back
ing of paper we'll painted in with gas
tar
In plnce of two thicknesses of boards.
slngle-surfaced No flooring boards
may be used, and the grooves filled
with paint, but in this case there must
be more studding used so as to make
the walls extra firm. Now and then n
man builds siugle-ceiled silo six-cor.
nered, and puts the scantllng round
the pit like hoops, locking them well
Mt the corners. In this Gaze the linipg
boards must go on mp and down, and
be Jolnted with extreme care. Tho
sllage is taken out by having manholes
IN the sides, with small doors-un.
hinged-set in from the inside. The
pressure of the silage holds them
securely in place, and these are taken
out one by one MS the feeding of the
sllage progresses.
When the walls Of the siio are
finished and pninted with n paint made
OF three quarts of gas tar md two
quarts of gasoline we'll mlxed--tnkino
care that no fire comes near il i'm mix
ing or applying the floor may be
made by drawing the soil from the
center of the silo mp TO, and POUNDING
down against the side walls until tho
hoor IS in the form of n kettle. If
wei pounded down and dampcned i'm
me operation, 1t makes one OF the best
oil hoors. Tho doublc.boardcd silo.
with clay floor, is the equal of npy
silo made for the proper keeping of
silagc. The silos of this kind built
eight years ago are still in perfect
condition. They hold almost 200 tons
OF silago and did not cost 800 Thcv
all all tho requirements OF chem
and yet durable silo. BY double
boarding the walls with tar-red pnper
between-and by having clay floor
much lower in the center, the walls
are absolutely air proof. I'm the lest
SIX years ! have lost by mold or decay
1000 pounds Of silagc along walls. or
IN the corners; and since | stoned
covering and woighting tho top, and
simply wet the surface, when the heat
begins TO show itself, with ten or If
teen pals of water evenly distributed
over the top surface, the spoiled silage
on top has shrunken TO less than n
wagon box full American AQricul.
turist.
Farm ROLLERS.
Tho value OF farm roller ne nm oid