. Agriculture for common schools. Agriculture. 116 AGRICULTURE FOR COMMON SCHOOLS getting out the silage. A silo should be taller than its diameter, so that when filled the weight of the silage will keep it tightly packed. Almost all silos are circular in shape. Most silos are made out of timber, although many are now being made. 24. FILLING A SILO This is one of the best methods of preserving the corn crop By courtesy of the Indiana Experiment Station of brick and some of concrete. A silo should be air-tight around the sides, else the silage will spoil wherever the air strikes it. In putting
. Agriculture for common schools. Agriculture. 116 AGRICULTURE FOR COMMON SCHOOLS getting out the silage. A silo should be taller than its diameter, so that when filled the weight of the silage will keep it tightly packed. Almost all silos are circular in shape. Most silos are made out of timber, although many are now being made. 24. FILLING A SILO This is one of the best methods of preserving the corn crop By courtesy of the Indiana Experiment Station of brick and some of concrete. A silo should be air-tight around the sides, else the silage will spoil wherever the air strikes it. In putting up silage, the corn is cut in the field by hand or with a binder, loaded on wagons, and hauled to the silo. Here it is run through a cutting machine, which cuts it into short lengths of one or two inches. This cut corn is blown into the top of the silo with a blower and falls in showers to the bottom. Two or three men work in the silo, spreading. 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 Fisher, Martin L. [from old catalog]; Cotton, Fassett A. (Fassett Allen), 1862-1941, joint author. New York, C. Scribner's sons
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