. A book on silage. Silage. 90 MAKING AND FEEDING SILAGE. several ways. A couple of such patented doors, with stave silos of different manufacture, are shown in figures 31A-33. The difficulty with several of the patented silo doors is that they have iron parts which are apt to rust and wear out, or they weaken the silo, or after some time get out of shape and fail to close tightly. Fig. 33 shows a form of stave silos made by a New York manufacturer; in- stead of doors there are sections of staves put in horizontally across the opening; these sections are re- movable so as to form a continuous
. A book on silage. Silage. 90 MAKING AND FEEDING SILAGE. several ways. A couple of such patented doors, with stave silos of different manufacture, are shown in figures 31A-33. The difficulty with several of the patented silo doors is that they have iron parts which are apt to rust and wear out, or they weaken the silo, or after some time get out of shape and fail to close tightly. Fig. 33 shows a form of stave silos made by a New York manufacturer; in- stead of doors there are sections of staves put in horizontally across the opening; these sections are re- movable so as to form a continuous opening from the bottom to the top of the silo, through which the silage may be easily emptied; in addi- tion the cross-bars supporting the sections form a ladder which may be used in ascending or descending the silo (see p. 93). Before filling the silo the hoops should be drawn somewhat tight, but not perfectly so, so as to allow for the swelling of the staves from the moisture which. Fig. 39. SETTING UP THE STAVE SILO IN SECTIONS. (HARDER.). 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 Woll, Fritz Wilhelm, 1865-1922. [from old catalog]. Chicago, Rand, McNally & company
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