Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-04-01
SPECIFICATIONS

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IN this section We have n sandy soil
and need no other floor. The rnSl-
lace l. iu,l as good right OH the
ground ~ in the middle Of the silo,
and We do not have sufficient rain
To need top.
The first question Ia determine i
the size OF Your silo II YOU have
twenty-five or thirty COWS l6X3O Is
YOUR size. Ii YOU have ten to fifteen
COWS l2N3O (about 80 ;ons) is the
right size. For forty 10 sixty COWS
>iu 2ON3O may be- used. OF course
one can build higher 10 advantage on
any of these sizes The main point
Ia guard against Is getting your sllo
too large in diameter for Your herd
The cn-llagr. when once You begin
feeding. must be- fed down AT least
Two niche, per day--tuur Is better
III II will spoil. \ ~ilo III feet IN di-
amrlrr contains four tons for each
foe, high, It You have thirty COWS
and feed an average at 10 pounds
per COW YOU feed 200 pounds per
day. or Il layer of about two inches
over your >ilo. The higher the silo
the greater the pressure and the more
air l. excluded.
! dug u pit -four feet deep and sci
my ~ilo into that. then filled III around
II aud lamped the dirt solid. set the
>luddlng Il foot apart on centers and
nailed course ot re-saw around OF
the inside. then over that II course Of
building paper. then u second course
OF rc->aw, being careful that the
boards of the second course should
cover the cracks of the first course
BY siding up the ,ilo H. it is filled
You save staging. and at the sam,
time tramp the ensilage. Some hay,
questioned the strength of the 2xt
Sluddng To withstand the pressue anC
Keep the >ilo from bullying. The fac
Is there /, very little, if any, pressur,
on the Ntudding. The strain al
comes on the e-saw, which is malice
on circular, and the pressure become,
an end pull. There are several o
these Nllos IN use which have dom
service SIN ar seven years and ar
seemingly n good as ever
Another economic feature of tn
Sllo Is the cheapness of material o
Iced with which il may be- filed.
raI," a crop of grain hay, then whe
The ground is cleared irrigate am
then go onto the stubble with II liste
and drill attachment and plant India
corn Then | harrow crosswise tn
hNtS while the ground is still dam
Nh'h the corn is up. say six inche
hlgh' take my disc and straddel tn
rows, throwing the dirt to the row,
After that | irrigate and disc again
and that Is all the work il get
twenty tons of green corn per aci
Is mol an uncommon yield, though IL
IONS per acre with a crop of graz
nay Will pay better than the san
acreage III alfalfa. OF course, or
mus provide alfalfa hay to feed vii
Tie enSllage, but if my place wou
MOI supply both | should raise Il
corn aud buy the hay. Green alfali
"'S" makes good cnsilage. and is be
Ter than alfalfa hay.
a neighbor after feeding nIfal
'hNllagc filled hi. Silo with corn ~
told ne his twenty-,ix COWS increas,
!" mix ten gallon, per day when p
W. the corn cnsilngc. BY my meth,
" planting and cullivating corn
'"n produce ii ut an expense not
oN'eed twenty-five cents per ton.
.''cd nay silo for $l.2j per ton, mn
NV u total cost Of not more tn
It'll" per ton for the corn in the ii
""rghuin will make heavy Vi,
""'I planted early. in this part bel
good for three crops. ! consider