. Soiling crops and the silo; how to cultivate and harvest the crops; how to build and fill the silo; and how to use silage. lt more economicallythan the other form of round silo. 2, It is easier toexclude the air, because of the opportunity that isalways present to tighten the hoops when , It is believed that decay will be less rapid in thestave silo. And 4, Experience has already demon-strated that the frost will penetrate some forms ofthe round frame silo more easily than a silo made ofstaves. The advantages of the stave silo thereforeover the round silo are so clearly drawn that
. Soiling crops and the silo; how to cultivate and harvest the crops; how to build and fill the silo; and how to use silage. lt more economicallythan the other form of round silo. 2, It is easier toexclude the air, because of the opportunity that isalways present to tighten the hoops when , It is believed that decay will be less rapid in thestave silo. And 4, Experience has already demon-strated that the frost will penetrate some forms ofthe round frame silo more easily than a silo made ofstaves. The advantages of the stave silo thereforeover the round silo are so clearly drawn that it wouldprobably be safe to predict that the former though ofmore recent introduction is likely to almost entirelysupersede the latter. Since, however, the roundframe silo still has some advocates, it may be wellto give in brief outline the essential features of con-struction in building the same. BUILDING THE ROUND FRAME SILO. The round frame silo consists of a frameworkof studding resting on a stone foundation and linerlwithin and without with boards laid over tarred orbuilding paper. The frame rests on wooden sills. BUILDING THE SILO. 295 which of course must be circular in form. It is notnecessary to have studs of greater size than 2x4inches, nor is it necessary to have them so close asin the rectangular silo. The inside should be linedwith two thicknesses of boards put on horizontallyand with joints broken in the same. The boardssjiould be about six inches wide and half an inchthick, and should have tarred or building paperbetween the two layers, or underneath thelayer adjacent to the studs. In cold climates itwould probably be necessary to have paper on theinside of the studs and also between the board lin-ings. In mild climates one thickness of boards laidon tarred paper would probably suffice for the innerlining. The outer lining may consist of the samematerial put on as drop siding and with tarred paperunderneath or otherwise, according to the nature ofthe climate. Ve
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