Show BEST ST FORM FOR SILOS round receptacle gives the largest capacity where built above ground ThIs form Forr of construction resists strong winds and pressure of silage F from rom within experience co line has shown that the best form jonii for a silo allo la Is round with tile the walla wall perpendicular tho the round silo bilo does away with corners in which silage is likely to poll apoll it gives tile tho largest capacity for tile tho amount of material in the walls walla and where built a bove above ground this form of construction resists fists tho the wands rind the pressure of silage fro from in within better than tho the square silo ello when tile the silo ello exceeds 18 10 feet in III dt diameter amete r it requires more wo work rk to get the tha silage to tile the door than in tile the smaller silo it also requires a larger ger amount to be fed dally daily in order to keep the from spoiling on account of its contact with tho the air A title ot of largo large diameter and not very tall has more inora spoiled silage in it po per r ton of good silage than a silo of great greater or height the pressure on the silage Is ni measured ensured by tho the height of the stio silo and not by diameter Its so that tho the tall slim silo will hold bold practically as much silage pok per square toot foot of wall surface as the short broad one on account of this greater ca lacity of tall silos ellos it la Is seldom advisable to build one loss than 30 feet in height where built of masonry or where well anchored and carefully looked after they may economically abo bo built higher to galvo the needed capacity without getting tile the silo unduly large in diameter t it is a great mistake to make maka a silo with thin walls because the silage particularly in the northern states will freeze badly and not only spoils its quality but make it difficult to handle of course the advocates of thin walled cement silos assert that it will fre freeze ezo no more than the silage in a stave silo which probably Is true but fro 14 right way to conserve the corn crop zen silage irom whatever source Is not desirable silage at the illinois station has been used for the past 20 years and they have learned how to build silos that will stand the test of time and preserve the silage experts at this station say that the square silo has not proved satisfactory because it is practically impossible to build this form so BO that the eldo aide walls will not spring out and allow the air to get in and rot the contents in fact very few square silos allo sare i are now constructed the round silo being more substantial and more desirable in every way |