Profitable dairying; a manual for farmers, dairymen and students . The silo is the one farm building that needs the most careful con -struction. The importance of silage as a feeding stuff is growingmore apparent as dairying advances. Nature has provided insummer proper food for most farm animals, and the nearer summer \ * .a t^S*^*-^ .^ ^^^H^^if^ New Type of Tile Silo. conditions can be maintained throughout the year the greater willbe the farmers success. Hence the importance of silage as a feedingstuff. It is a green feed preserved in its natural condition, or nearlyso, for winter feeding.
Profitable dairying; a manual for farmers, dairymen and students . The silo is the one farm building that needs the most careful con -struction. The importance of silage as a feeding stuff is growingmore apparent as dairying advances. Nature has provided insummer proper food for most farm animals, and the nearer summer \ * .a t^S*^*-^ .^ ^^^H^^if^ New Type of Tile Silo. conditions can be maintained throughout the year the greater willbe the farmers success. Hence the importance of silage as a feedingstuff. It is a green feed preserved in its natural condition, or nearlyso, for winter feeding. As soon as the pasture gets short in the fall 53 PROFITABLE DAIRYING the silo may be opened and feeding of ensilage begun. In this waythere need be little if any dimimution in the flow of milk. But the silage will not keep well in a poorly constructed the type of silo the farmer chooses to build, four thingsmust be observed: It must be strong, as nearly air tight as pos-sible, perfectly smooth on the inside, and placed on a strong, Stone Silo. The silo must be almost air tight because the air contains germsthat will set to work upon the silage and cause it to spoil and decayif the air is not excluded. Silage is something like canned fruit inthis respect. The silo must be strong because the green feed withwhich it is filled is very heavy and packs down very solidly. Thisexerts a tremendous pressure which will spring or burst the walls 54 PROFITABLE DAIRYING of a poorly constructed silo and admit the air, causing the silage tospoil. It should be perfectly smooth on the inside because the silageshould settle evenly. Projections or rough places on the inner wallsof a silo will prevent the even settling and cause dead air spaces whichwill spoil the silage. It must rest on a strong, solid foundationbecause the side pressure and weight at the bottom are very pressure may be so great as to burst a heavy stone wall, and thegreat weight will cau
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