Oxford eagle., 1905-04-06

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films. hov much traupins Is Necessary.
and after filing hoV often is trzmpiuS
required should oats BE- soved on top
a a protection. etc
Please give best Instructions 10 a
Young farmer. to build 4 good hut cheap
siio- The above letter Is from a Green
ford co. farmer and the Ohio Farmer
answers the queries a. follows.
Nour plan IS all right and you will
have litrie cause % resret building a
woodeu-h -hooped silo. especially whea
YOU see yuur uei<hbors iron -hooped
silo in a state 0f utter collapse. Incl
dent To shrinking sfaves and length
eninE hoops. that are in ~eahoot~ with
hot weather Yes vour buiit-up hoors
- elm viii he all ri-ht though for the
i've loWe- ones I would make them of
Eve laysrs Iou viii not need your
hoors. anyVhere. nearer than ~ inches.
from center 20 center. as a we'll nailed
vooden hoop never pulled in twO vet
II we're yuu. 7 would line up The sil9
on rde inside with d single thickness q
one-inch Georgia pine fooriug. vel
matched. iointin= on the hoops. having
This flooring not over three inches vide.
Then you have a lining that will not
shrink or swell. and will stay with yuu-
hoops which can never expand or con
tract the fraction Of an inch Before put
ting on your maple outsidinz give the
outside of the silo. hoops and all a heavy
cnar OF Portland cement paint and then
add the outsidiug Of maple II you us-
skim-milk 70 mix the cement wit.. il
Kill prove To b about as durable as II
oil vas used. Ten years later on. il any
defect comes in the walls. you can then
line up with tarred paper inside and nail
On another ceiling
There Is a difference Of opinion as
TO the kind Of siIaSe corn to plant. For
4 dozen years Ne have sent direct TO
AlbemaTie county. Va. and got their
common. white field corn. and have
never net with its equal as a corn for
the siio We do very little trampiuS be
yond keeping the siiaze highest along
the walls with blower and flexible
nozzle. the silage viii he blown about a.
/ compact as one could tread II. ard the
men arr scarce who crave" the lob of
moving away silase under the discharge
Of the blower
II will be well enough TO tramp down
the surface Of the silage three times
within a week the last time putting onto
t your l2-f0ot silo at least three barrels of
water. being sure that the outside ge. :
+ quite little more than IT'S share. Oats
are al right on the surface if there l.
/ considerable light Il you SOW oats. you
E will need 10 put or more water a wees,
after they are sstwu- Sometimes il uavs
and other years il does not TO put on
I the cat crop \ tight roof Is more orna-
mental than useful In regard TO hoon
/ making - that they viii Be accurately
T round It Is well 10 have a pattern MADE
F Ike thar depicted in the cut.
Take inch thick foot wide boards. ana
six or eight feet long and cut them
bias on the ends and by doubling ana
well mailing 0ue soon has the form O.
which circle can he marked ard th-
I pattern = thea quickly saved ana
{ hewed into a perfect circle which wigl
Z - tvo inches thick This can l. nlaee.i
on saw horses and the hoops quickly
Z sprung 10 the exact form George Z
SOFT the ~eiEknewn institute lecturer
Is a great advocate of this wooden.
I hooped siio. and was fortunate enough
to have an old high-wheeled velocipsde
which made an admirable form for hooa
{ making. and | think he loans II q, sft,
builders for hoop making. though sny
carpenter can quickly make one as above
I described