Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-25

The location Of sllo Is all important.
1t should be placed convenient for
feeding and filling A sllo to hold the
product Of thirty or forty acres of for
age could not DO estimated. suos are
made To hold tons, and not acres. one
cuplc FOOT VIII hold forty pounds Of
glsliase, ana from fifteen to twenty
IlNe pounds Of ensilage Is good lay'a
reed for an animal. The amount of for
age from an acre depends on so many
ullterent things that It IS best to calrri-
late on basis OF cubic feet in sllo and
animals to be fed. We give herewith
diagram of an underground silo, with
Agrlculturlst
1t Is generally Acknowledged that n
round silo. say thirty feet high and
twenty feet in diameter, is best How
ever, 10 Is claimed that a structura or
mat form exposes too much silnge Ia
the air while feeding, especially i'm
summer From nine or ten years expe-
Renee and careful reading OF current
discussions on the subject. conclude
that the silo is best placed in the earth
and as near the animals To- he fad
rom II as possible. Thus constructed
y IS less expensive and moro durahIc
imam one above ground. II also reguIres
less labor to fill 1t and to feed the sill
age to stock. "a
A building for sllo and twenty
COWS should be thlrty-slx feet square.
with n twelve-foot floor nidwnv ~
tween two sides and a row OF staiis az,
eaoh side facing the floor. Leave The
moor unnailed, so that it can be taken
up at pleasure. The silo should be con,
structed under this floor. and nav ba
round twenty feet or more in dIemo-
i 1v'' or o,niohs with long diameter. near
y I, cqualuhs the length of the floor
But whatever the Size or form i,s
depth should not be less than si1toa,,
rect. me diagram shown is OF a siIo
thlrty-two feet long, twelve foot yido
at me ends, and a middle diameter az
eighteen feet deep. Sixteen feet dam
II WIN mold sufficient silage 10 AFFORD
my pounds OF food each day of the
Ss ,,l More partitions would insure less
exposure while feeding. The roun5
sllo is as well divided into conn"r,
hehts az the ohlong One holding ia
IONS occupies much space. n round
the stable w outslue
My plan Is to put the silo under tho
VI father construct the sllo first
PiuSinB he Darn over dt. First. sci
stakes at the corners and draw c,,r,,o,'
iihes from the sides Outside those s, ~
ines make light wall one foot hill
behlnd this lay HAT stones for a go. 81
ment, or make It Of cement. Then p COW
mence exeayating. The object Of the the
pavement outside the wall 10 10 ken,,
Iats from burrowing, As the exnnvap
lloh progresses, plaster the walls wiz
sand and cement. The walls sbonia
converge slightly to the center. If ' tho
purn Is warm enough for cows ana ~
central part Of the ensilape IL used a., s,,e
cement walls Will outlast those of
,ro a sllo under the floor can be filled
from both ends. and then Weighted ~
Is claimed that Weighing is nnna, II
sary' but It's virtues are admitted .hr
adVocates OF deep silos. In thls siio 49,.
n leea Is nearer the stock than in m ,Df
olhers. A rope runs over pulley wis.,
Two hooks for attaching to n ono m IN
halt bushel basket to draw II I'M. %
basket can be filled by the man in ~
PM er, my hauled l, up by the man above and
ehpued while another is being fiIlc6 "u
Next week we viii tell how 70 h,,,,
sllo on top OF the ground. 'uiu