. Annual report .... Agriculture -- Vermont; Horticulture -- Vermont. VERMONT AGRICULTURAL REPORT. Ill tarred paper placed over it on the inside, when the silo is filled. The great value of the wire hooping- consists of the adap- tation of the wire to the different silo needs. Pulled as close as may be, these coiled wires will still give slightly as the silo staves swell from contact with the silage. When the silo is empty, and rod and band hoops are allowing the silo to ac- tually fall down because the hoops cannot conform to circum- stances, the fence hoops with their preat torsion keep the
. Annual report .... Agriculture -- Vermont; Horticulture -- Vermont. VERMONT AGRICULTURAL REPORT. Ill tarred paper placed over it on the inside, when the silo is filled. The great value of the wire hooping- consists of the adap- tation of the wire to the different silo needs. Pulled as close as may be, these coiled wires will still give slightly as the silo staves swell from contact with the silage. When the silo is empty, and rod and band hoops are allowing the silo to ac- tually fall down because the hoops cannot conform to circum- stances, the fence hoops with their preat torsion keep the staves closely together all through the dry months. The strength of one of these hoops is enormous, 28 tons on one wire alone, so that no fear need be held as to any weakness of these hoops, if good hard wood clamps are used, and ends made secure. Fig. 9 is an illustration of how a silo can be pretty well covered when built outside of the barn, and at the same time " stay it " so that there will be no danger of being blown over, which last isjthe weak point of outside tub si- los. The silo is placed against the barn so that the silage is thrown on to the barn floor, practically. 2x4 stuff is fastened to silo side and to the barn, and then covered as shown, and so makes about all the double walling a silo needs, as the danger and damage to silo and silage by frost is greatly overestimated. For a cover to protect the silage until wanted, nothing has yet been devised that excels a cover made a few days after the silo has been filled, by thorough tramping of the surface, then putting on 100 gallons of water evenly over the surface, and sowing on, and raking in, a bushel of oats, and growing a cover. They will make rapid growth, soon die, fall down, and together with the roots make an air-tight 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
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