Show till SILOS IN COUNTY N X DAK seventeen eats n trench silos were 0 constructed v ted in donson benson county N dak during 1924 after two tion silos of this type filled tho the previous season had been opened and the contents found in practically perfect condition according to reports recently received by the united states department of agriculture the two demonstration silos wo acra re lug dug and filled by two neighbor farmers mers of the county in 1923 under tho the direction of the county agricultural extension agent now there are trienah silos in all communities of the cownty county labor was tile tho chief item in the construction of the silo all and most of the farmers making them were able to do the excavating during slack periods in other tarro farm operations the two demonstration silos were nere each dug in III two lays days time principally with horses and a scraper one Is 12 by 20 feet and feet deep the other slightly larger lit in area and I 1 10 feet deep ono of those made in 1924 la is 92 feet long iong covers u made of timbers placed across the trench with old fence posts covering them and wire and straw on top dy exercising reasonable care danger of the silage freezing was eliminated A |