. Silos, silage, and cattle feeding. rence in weight, and that for-age rapidly filled in exerts more pressure than when filled seems to be no regularity, as with two silos fiilled togetheron alternate days, and with the same material, we have had oneor two years, one to bulge out while the walls of the other wouldnot spring perceptibly. We are inclined to believe the pressure is largely due to theformation of gasses seeking an outlet, and not to the weight ofthe mass, but, as already intimated, this is a mere supposition,for which we have no experimental proof. With the horizontal
. Silos, silage, and cattle feeding. rence in weight, and that for-age rapidly filled in exerts more pressure than when filled seems to be no regularity, as with two silos fiilled togetheron alternate days, and with the same material, we have had oneor two years, one to bulge out while the walls of the other wouldnot spring perceptibly. We are inclined to believe the pressure is largely due to theformation of gasses seeking an outlet, and not to the weight ofthe mass, but, as already intimated, this is a mere supposition,for which we have no experimental proof. With the horizontal girts, the greatest strength and simplic-ity of construction is secured with the least material in the framework, unless the silo is made round, and the girts are made in the *Silos, Ensilage and Silage, by M. Miles, p. 7. 36 1 he Silo. form of hoops of several one-inch planks, one over the other,lapped and solidly nailed together. This method of building issuggested by one of our Texas correspondents, but we have notseen it V The Silo. 37 Figure 9 shows the frame work and lining of a double silo,each pit 18 feet square inside and 20 feet deep. The outside girtsare made of 2x10x20 feet planks, three planks in each girt, ex-cept the top girt, or plate, which has but two. The girts in thecross wall are made of 2x8 planks,
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