. Concrete silos; a booklet of practical information for the farmer and the rural contractor. Concrete; Silage. UNIVERSAL PORTLAND CEM E \ T C O. 1!) The supposed effect of silage acid on concrete has been one of the most widely discussed and at the same time the most absurd of the many common silo fallacies. Silage acid is one of the weakest acids Unaffected known to science. It does not miraculously preserve wood nor by Silage destroy concrete, neither does it affect cows' teeth nor their hoofs or horns. It does not eat out their stomachs and has no bad effect upon them whatsoever. Silage ju
. Concrete silos; a booklet of practical information for the farmer and the rural contractor. Concrete; Silage. UNIVERSAL PORTLAND CEM E \ T C O. 1!) The supposed effect of silage acid on concrete has been one of the most widely discussed and at the same time the most absurd of the many common silo fallacies. Silage acid is one of the weakest acids Unaffected known to science. It does not miraculously preserve wood nor by Silage destroy concrete, neither does it affect cows' teeth nor their hoofs or horns. It does not eat out their stomachs and has no bad effect upon them whatsoever. Silage juices will not eat away concrete nor injure it in the slightest degree, which is proven by the fact that after years of service the concrete foundations of hundreds of silos built of other material still show, to-day, the trowel marks which were made at the time constructed. If the silage acid had any effect whatsoever, it would only be a few months when the floor (of all places) would show the effects. Many a dairyman, who has successfully fed silage to his cows for years, is told by his neighbor who raises sheep or hogs that silage is all right for dairy cows but it is not good for his animals. This, of Rewired course, is absurd, but it should be remembered that the stomachs in Feeding °f animals like cows (which have four stomachs holding 40 or 50 pounds of silage in 24 hours) are different from the smaller and more delicate stomachs of horses or sheep. Hogs relish silage but they. again, have different kinds and sizes of stomachs than the other animals mentioned. Silage is also fed to chickens and other poultry with great success. It might be mentioned, at this time, that the average silage ration for cattle runs from 30 to 50 pounds daily; for horses, not as a rule, over 15 pounds and the silage must be of excellent quality, as the horse is a dainty feeder; for sheep, not over 3 pounds daily; for hogs, from 3 to 5. Sixteen Concrete Silos similar to illustration have been b
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