Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-27
A SiIn.

A Silo.
A silo is convenience which every
dairy farmer should have, says the
Canadian Commissioner of Agriculture
and Dairying. II need not be an ex-
pensive structure. 1t requires to be
strong enough to hold corn fodder
when cut into lengths of from one-half
to one inch. 1t should be fairly close,
so as to exclude the air after the en-
silage has settled. The main features
are strength to resist the outward
pressure of its contents, exclusion of
air by the construction Of the sides,
and fair depth of holding capacity,
in order to permit the ensilage to set
tie into compact mass. Sufficient
strength of sides can be obtained in
most silos by the use of 2x10 inch or
2x12 inch studs, placed from Is inches
to feet apart. A clay or earthen
floor is most economical, and as good
as any that can be put in. The inside
of the walls of the silo may be IN
ished by q single lining of lumber,
nailed to the studs horizontally. The
lumber should be tongued and grooved,
and dressed on the inside. II each al
ternate board be allowed to extend at
the corners, so as to make a lock-
joint, that will give additional strength
to the structure. The corners of the
silo on the inside should be filed by
the use Of board or plank 10 inches
wide, set on end. The triangular space
behind 1t should be filed with sand or
sawdust. I consider that studs 2x10
inch or 2x12 inch. with one ply OF
sound tongued and grooved lumber,
nailed horizontally on the inside. are
sufficient for an efficient preservation
of the ensilage. Additions to that
method of construction may be ad-
vantageous in few cases for conyen-
fence. To build one with the least
outlay of cash. the farmer who has
some standing timber may get out
timbers hewn on one side. These may
be put In NOW In the barn, and lined
on the inside with one thickness Of
lumber. tongued and grooved. and
nailed on horizontally. This big bin.
or silo, should be constructed with the
corners interlocked by every second
board passing through and being nail
ed on the corner post. That efYectual-
ly prevents the spreading Of the silo
at the corners. II a portion Of the en-
silage around the sides becomes frozen
that is more an Inconvenience than a
loss. It should be mixed with the
warm ensilage, from the middle of the
silo. before 1t Is offered or fed to the
cattle.
Chill Room.--In building any room
for maintaining q uniformly low tenn
perature. there are certainly indis-
pensable requirements. The room
must bs made air-tight, and the door,
walls and ceiling insulated 10 that out
side temperature will affect that within
as little as possible. In planning for
q chill-room, every one must consider
his requirements a. to size of room,
kind of fruit to be held, his available
location. and adapt his plant to these
environments. It will be apparent that,
when the temperature has been re-
duced to . minimum. the room should
be opened only when absolutely neces-
sary. and that fruit to be put In should
be partially cooled outside and not
taken directly from the field in q clear,
hot day. and placed In the chill-room.
1t IL better to leave 1t over night In
a room that can be opened and cooled
by the night air. and take It from there
to the chill-room early the next morn
ing.-Ex.
Glover in the Dairy Ration.--One
chief reason for going into the dairy
business is to make market on the
farm for our clover hay. With Glove,
we can compound a dairy ration easily
with almost anything else. With i,
you can feed corn or oats and you neet
not buy mill feeds. g. Soyerhill.
Incubator chicks that are reared II
brooder never have gapes.