Show PIT SILO FOR DRY FARMERS among other advantages it I 1 deep and freezing will not take place 1 haa proven success by IT E K colorado agricultural college when the spot for construction Is located a perpendicular hole is sunk with a two inch test auger to ane proposed depth of the silo an inch and a half pipe Is dropped into the hole with the pipe at the center a circle la described the size of the inside adlam eter of the silo and another circle with a radius of a foot greater the space between the two circles Is excavated to a depth of eight or ten inches and is filled with concrete further excavation is done inside the collar of concrete the walls should be smooth and perpendicular and are best trl tamed with a trimmer knife which is fastened on a two by tour juet the length of the radius of the silo and pivoted on the pipe in the center the dirt is best hoisted out with come sort of a derrick or crane when the pit is dug and trimmed the walls should get one half inch coat of rich cement plaster and one to two and one halt mixtures of sand the coat should be smoothed with a trowel and brush coated with a new coat of cement wash to make it water tight the coating Is very important as it is absolutely necessary to make the silo walls water proof otherwise the earth will draw out the moisture from the silage near the walls and the mould will develop and spoil the silage tor several inches all around the sides of the hole A wall of some sort should be built on the concrete cellar to a height of about three feet in order to make it more eafe brick concrete or adobe can be used A pit has the advantage of being deep and also freezing will not take place in it that the pit silo Is a success has been proven beyond a doubt |