Show tho the trench silo the trench silo llo provides a practical cheap and sate safe method for storing and preserving a teed feed crop in all of the intermountain wintry country it is simply a urge large ditch or trench tn the ground where silage crot crops are carefully picked ed wet down and tramped to exclude all air then sealed with a covering of wet straw green alfalfa or just dirt did either whole or cut fodder can be ensiled successfully in the trench silo it should be b located on some spot where it will have proper drainage so that the suo silo will not bold hold water or till fill with water during it tf feeding seas season trench aitos with loping sloping sides and ends till bar have leu tendency to care ca in are us easier to and easier esder to puk uran sloe alli amah straight sides generally a slope of one foot to each four feet in depth i will give a desi able side wall the i walls should be smooth in case of nandy sandy soil it may be necessary to plaster the sides with cement but this adds to the expense and often Is not lec i ec essary the bottom ol 01 the trench need not be cemented tiie cost of construction increases and there Is more tendency tor for alie walls to cave with increased depth an added capacity may be secured by banking the excavated dirt along the sides one man and team with plow and scraper can dig a trench silo however two men and two teams one on the plow and one on the scraper eave save time the four horse fremo moves dirt as fast as a team and plow will loosen it U by loosening soil with explosives the job can be done in about half the time A silo of to tons capacity should be dug by two men and four horses in four to five days while a fresno Is best tor for general excava tion slip scraper can bo used to advantage along the side wall walls ol 01 the trench |