. Soiling crops and the silo; how to cultivate and harvest the crops; how to build and fill the silo; and how to use silage. Silage; Sustainable agriculture. ?o6 SOILING CROPS AND THE SILO. not be less than five feet, and the space for these ought to be so calculated as not to interfere with the placing of the hoops, and vice versa. The doors should be cut out after the staves have been put in place and drawn tightly together. They should be cut with a bevel on each of the four sides and the beveled sides of the door should be outward when it is in place. The pressure of the. a b Fig 33. Door
. Soiling crops and the silo; how to cultivate and harvest the crops; how to build and fill the silo; and how to use silage. Silage; Sustainable agriculture. ?o6 SOILING CROPS AND THE SILO. not be less than five feet, and the space for these ought to be so calculated as not to interfere with the placing of the hoops, and vice versa. The doors should be cut out after the staves have been put in place and drawn tightly together. They should be cut with a bevel on each of the four sides and the beveled sides of the door should be outward when it is in place. The pressure of the. a b Fig 33. Door of Stave Silo a. View of outside of door; h, side view of door. silage when settling will then assist in the exclusion of the air at the doors just in proportion to the extent to which the said pressure exists. To aid further in such exclusion of air, a strip of tarred paper should be tacked on each of the beveled edges of the door. Before sawing out the door, two cleats should be bolted across the staves on the outside. These are shown in the door as represented in Fig. 33. The end of the bolt which receives the burr Digitized by Microsoft®. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Shaw, Thomas, 1843-1918. New York, Orange Judd company
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