. 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. 3IO SOILING CROPS AND THE SILO. is constructed, the cracks of which are battened. This roof is intended simply to ward off storms and would seem to be too costly for the benefits accruing. When a roof is wanted, it would seem wiser to build a better one, as for instance, on the plan shown in Fig 35; or a conical roof may be constructed as shown in Fig 29. The style of roof last mentioned, however, re- quires some considerable de- gree of
. 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. 3IO SOILING CROPS AND THE SILO. is constructed, the cracks of which are battened. This roof is intended simply to ward off storms and would seem to be too costly for the benefits accruing. When a roof is wanted, it would seem wiser to build a better one, as for instance, on the plan shown in Fig 35; or a conical roof may be constructed as shown in Fig 29. The style of roof last mentioned, however, re- quires some considerable de- gree of skill to construct it properly. THE RECTANGULAR c •o.±; . o The rectangular and the square silo fits better into the space obtainable in an oblong building than any other form of silo that can be built. This fact will be at once evident if it is remem- bered that when thus located there is absolutely no other waste of space than that oc- cupied by the walls of the silo. And since one and sometimes two walls of the building may be utilized when constructing such silos, they will continue to be erected, notwithstanding the objections arising from the presence of corners and from the liability to spread because of the pressure of the silage. TIic Foniidation.—Much of what has been said with reference to the foundation of the stave silo .ci '^^ a,J5 (-. ^^ « 6 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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