. Concrete stave silos, Brooks patent;. and the hoops properly tightened, theinside surface is worked over with a cement wash containing waterproofchemicals. This smoothens and hardens the interior surface of the stavesand fill- all joints, thereby making the wall air-tight and waterproof. Roof and Chute Metal roofs and chutes can be furnished. We recommend thatmetal be used. The chief fault of the wooden devices is the danger ofdestruction by fire, which might ruin the silage. Size of Silo The size of thesilo to be built mustbe determined by thenumber of animals towhich silage will befed, and
. Concrete stave silos, Brooks patent;. and the hoops properly tightened, theinside surface is worked over with a cement wash containing waterproofchemicals. This smoothens and hardens the interior surface of the stavesand fill- all joints, thereby making the wall air-tight and waterproof. Roof and Chute Metal roofs and chutes can be furnished. We recommend thatmetal be used. The chief fault of the wooden devices is the danger ofdestruction by fire, which might ruin the silage. Size of Silo The size of thesilo to be built mustbe determined by thenumber of animals towhich silage will befed, and the length ofthe feeding there is danger ofsilage spoiling if thesilo is emptied tooslowly, it is necessaryto remove a layer ofabout two inches dailyfrom the entire sur-face of silage duringthe summer from one to oneand one-half inchesin cold five square feetof such a layer willfurnish sufficient si-lage for a cow or asteer per day, hencethe diameter of silosto be built should beapproximately as fol-. Twin Brooks Slave Silos on the Dairy Farm of Lanners 6 Dixon, Bay City, Wis. 16 BROOKS PATENT CONCRETE STAVE SILO lows, if silage is to be fed during a period of six months: For a herdof sixteen cows, ten feet; twenty-four cows, about twelve feet; thirtycows, fourteen feet; forty cows, sixteen feet; fifty cows, eighteen feet;sixty cows, twenty feet; one hundred cows, twenty-five feet. The following table shows the capacities of cylindrical silos of adiameter from ten to twenty feet and a height of twenty to forty feet: Capacities of Brooks Patent Concrete Stave Silos Approxi- No. acres Approxi- No. acres mate Number of corn mate Numl >er of corn Size Capacity of 11-12 ton Size Capacity of 11-12 ton Tons Cows per acre Tons Cows per acre 10x20 30 8 16x30 120 34 10x22^ 34 9 16x32^ 146 3S 10x25 38 10 16x35 158 43 10x273^2 42 12 16x373^ 170 49 10x30 48 13 16x40 185 53 10X321?> 55 14 16x423^ 200 5
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