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. 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. 304 SOILING CROPS AND THE SILO. but they also cut into the staves, which is somewhat objectionable. Flat hoops are usually made of band iron one- eighth of an inch thick and varying in width from, say, two and one-half to three and one-half inches with the size of the silo. These two are held in place by lugs which differ in some respects from those used to hold the round hoops in place, but the principle involved is the same. For a silo
. 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. 304 SOILING CROPS AND THE SILO. but they also cut into the staves, which is somewhat objectionable. Flat hoops are usually made of band iron one- eighth of an inch thick and varying in width from, say, two and one-half to three and one-half inches with the size of the silo. These two are held in place by lugs which differ in some respects from those used to hold the round hoops in place, but the principle involved is the same. For a silo sixteen feet in diameter, each complete hoop which encircles the. Fig. 32. Lugs for Hoops a, Cast-iron lugs for round hoops. b, Wedge lug for fiat hoops. same should consist of two separate pieces, and for one with a much greater diameter, of three such pieces. There is then less of a strain on the thrends while the burrs are being tiglntened. The lugs of the various hoops should also be distributed ratlier than rise one above another in a straight line. ^^^oven wire hoops are sometimes used when the silos are small. These vary in width with the requirements of the silo. The power which some kinds of woven wire have to contract and expand 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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