Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-09-06
FARM AND GARDEN.
Practical Siio Experience.

Practical SilO Experience.
prefer round silo. have square
one and find the silage does not
keep well in the corners. There are a
good many being built about here and
all are building round ones. Here we
use pine, spruce or good hemlock. we
use plank 2xG, or they may vary l or 2
ia either way in width. We do not
bevel the corners, but just put them to-
gether square, and think it is the better
way. Use iron hoops from to ! in,
according to size of silo. Have two up
rights 3xl in. ard put one on each side
for hoops to 1un through. Cut a good
thread on the hoops, fit large nut and
screw up tight. 1t is a good plan to
loosen the hoops when the silage begins
TO heat, and tighten when 1t is fed out.
| should advise to have the silo as deep
as possible, then build it large or small,
as the case requires. Slage keeps bet
ter in deep slos than in shallow ones.
do not weight my silo, as that seems too
oldfashioned; simply put on something
to keep the air out. Sawdust, cut straw
or chat are all good. Weight and tread
down from to 10 in. deep. l have a
cutter and carrier and cut my corn In
inch lengths. let my corn ear, and 1t
makes a very good feed. | feed bushel
basketful, or 80 to 10 pounds, at each
feed. | cut and fill quite a good many
silos every year and find the round sio
takes the lead.-W. Wallace Black,
Hancock Co, Ne.
My silo is IS feet deep and II feet
square, built octagon, with corners tied.
1t is double boarded up and down, the
outside with hemlock and inside sheathed
with pine. Glrths are % feet apart of
3X7 in. timber, extra stills s in. square
independent from the barn stills. IT is
built In one side of the barn, to be filled
from the outside. The bottom is cement
ed about inches thick. | feed II head
l bushel once day for each COW, at
noon.-G. o. Wells, Kennebec, Me.
! have furnished material for -four
round and for several square silos built
in this section. Most of them are built
of 2xG In. spruce, planed and iointcd, but
not beveled. One was made of 2X6 in
pine. Good hemlock will doll. p.
Burrill, Hancock county, Maine.
have square silo. but there are a
number of round ones near here that are
liked very much. If were to build an
other should build 1t round, because
there is a waste in the corners of a
square one. don't think there is any
need of beveling the edges of the slaves.
a silo 10 feet in diameter and % feet
deep would be needed for II head Of
cattle at the regular feed of l bushel per
day each.--IIarry l.. Moulton, Hancock
county, Maine.
My slo is Sxl2x20 feet, built of good
hemlocl lumber. The frame is of 3X6's
and 4X5's set Upright IS inches apart
boarded horizontally, two thcknesses,
with tarred paper between. ] was care
full to break Joints. did most most Of
the work of building myself and with
my farm help. The cost was, frame,
1854 feet at IS per thousand, S9.42
walls, $500 feet at $40 per thousand, SIS
nails and paper. SIPS; cement, Sl.25
labor, $40; total $500. 1t will hold
about 10 tons, and has been filled four
times. am satisfied with what il has
done and have increased my stock by its
use from 10 or - head to - at present
and hope to continue increasing by
building another silo this season. Shall
build round stave silo. The square one
is not all right in every way, but | ex-
pect to build round one of equal
capacity for not over two thirds as
much money. plant Sanford corn and
% acres usually fills the silo. | use a
planter and about II quarts seed per
acre. Corn is cut into silo with horse
power, cutter and elevator.-Fred Il
Page, Hancock county, Maine.
! have built NY silo of 2XG spruce
planned on enc side and iointed. 1t is ,,
feet high and 10 feet across. Put VI
two sticks of timber 4Xi in. spruce anG
hoped it with 5-S inch round iron, tn,
hoops gong half way around the siC
and passing through the Xxi timber
with washer and nut on end of hoop
so as TO draw them up tight. The silagt
Kept well and am satisfied that the silC
is paying investment. | cemented the
bottom, making it about 10 inches thicl
and put wall of stone outside laid il
cement some IS inches high. put five
hoops around the silo. Bought boil
ends to put on the iron rods and had
blacksmith turn the rods in tire bend
er and put on the bolt ends. think
silo of this size would be large enough t.
feed II head of cows once day for tn,
winter. feed If head, part youns
stock, and gave , bushels per day t.
sheep. All like it. think Sanford corr
the best to plant for silage.-W. b
Colby, in New England Homestead.
Comfort For Cow and Horse.
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