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Show What Size Silo to Build IN DECIDING upon tne size of sllo.w..lcn you vlrh, the first things to be taken Into consideration are the number of cows to ie fed and length of tlmo you wish to feed them ' on silage. As sllngo should not constitute all the roughage fed. not more than thirty-five to forty pounds per cow should be fed daily-The daily-The length of time which slligc Is to be fed will vary from 150 to L'OO days about from tho mlddlo of October until the first of May. Each cow will then require 200x10 pounds, or S.OOTi pounds, or four tons of silage, per year. A herd of ten cows will require a silo holding forty tomr. a herd of fifteen cows sixty tons; a herd of fifty cows 200 tons. Where young stock lg to be fed. allowance should of courso1" be made for 1 hem |