Show Figuring Contents I of Silo Made Easy l I Simple Table Worked Out at Iowa ova College Is Good A simple table taule worked out at the tho Iowa Agricultural college is endorsed as ns practical and und good by the animal husbandry workers at the New York State Stute college at Ithaca The They point out that tables would hardly be needed if silos contained nothing but air ali or water or rocks or sand But silage packs down so that the higher the silo the greater the pr pressure on the tile bottom lu layers ers which moms more pounds to the square foot at the boi bot bottom tom torn of the silo Other factors such as time of filling tiling and condition of corp also cause a n variation in weight The following table shows the aver aveI average average age weight at various depths of a n cubic foot of silage the first filst 1 figure e Indicating indicating ing feet and the second pounds 26 10 27 12 12 14 29 IG 10 lS lS- 32 15 2 33 20 34 22 24 36 2031 38 33 1 3 30 39 40 02 41 34 34 3 42 30 42 44 38 45 40 42 40 47 44 40 48 50 GO GO 00 If a 12 by foot 40 silo contained 30 feet of ot silage after being allowed t to l settle and the exact number of tons tont left in the silo is wanted the area would first be figured by multiplying half the diameter multiplied by Itself times So equals quals 1131 square feet The rue total am amunt of silage was or feet The amount fed of off was or cubic fe feet t From the table the a vertigo average e pf of 36 30 feet of silage Is 42 poun pounds 1 for each cubic foot or a total of s or pounds The amount fed off ocr however howe averaged only pounds to to a cubic as fo foot t-as t as the table tabe e shows In in other ther words equals 53 p pounds fed out The difference Is pounds remaining or ap proximately Gp tons J |