The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-02-25

a water-tank is given pretty near the
diameter of the silo, its height could
be small and the whole sheltered with
no extra roof. A tongue-and-grooved
stave silo, thus sheltered from the
wind and weather, would render thor
oughly good service and would be a
permanent structure. The silo could,
of course, be placed outside, in the
angle on either side, but in such a
case the stave silo is only a tenn
porary building. With this arrange
ment the ensilage can be taken out
into the feed-room against the ven
tilating shaft The ensilage cutter
could stand at l or 2 and it could be
filled from the driveway floor, using
the blower elevator, which could also
be used for cutting straw and rough
age for bedding, this elevated into
the space above the driveway floor
and feed-room, to be stored there or
passed through over the constable.
On the opposite side of the dairy
stable from the silo, and some 30
feet distant, so as not to interfere
with the lighting Of the stable and
wind circulation, we would place a ma
nure shed, % by 30, which should have
a concrete foundation and walls to a
height of some three feet, in which
the manure from the stable may be
stored, carrying it there by means OF
an overhead trolley, and where it may
ripen sheltered from the rain and to
which rock phosphate may be judi
ciously added, to be rendered soluble
by the fermenting processes before the
manure goes to the field. With such
an arrangement as this and with espe
cial effort to make use of all waste
roughage, either as bedding or directly
in composing with the manure, the
quantity of stable manure can thus be
very materially increased and the
same number of animals made tc
serve a much larger area OF field.
Next to the driveway would be 10
Gated the power-house, with the engine
so placed that a single shaft could ex
tend along the ceiling above the drive
way into the feed-room, where pull
leys could be placed for driving feeC
grinder and the feed cutter, say
| Country Gentleman. We do not at
tempt to lay out specifically. rooms
for housing the engine, pump for wa
| ter supply and compressor for re
frigeration, if such plant were Il
be installed, but the sketch suggests
in a general way, the arrangement
! that would have to be adopted to a.
low power to be taken off directl,
from a single, straight shaft, wher
the aim is to make a stationary en-
| CINE contribute all of the power nee6
ed for the various lines of work.
1t should be understood that an er
CINE that would have sufficient powe
to run a feed-cutter would hardly
economical to run the separator for 5
small plant as 40 cows. 1t is possible
however, that if a small Refrigerator
nlant were to be installed for use mos
of the year, a type of plant might
adopted that would permit its bein
run for a couple of hours night an
morning. at the time milking is don
and the work in the dairy attended Il
so that the separator could be rul
taking off its power when other neet
ed work is being accomplished. Grint
ing and pumping could, Of course, 6
on at the same time, because a bi
could easily be arranged so that tn
mill would be fed automatically, thu
requiring no attention except to sc
that it was feeding right.