Show BEST FORM FOR SILOS round bound receptacle gives the largest capacity where built above ground thie this form of construction resists strong winds und pressure of silage from within experience hn has shown that tho the best form for a ello silo Is 1 round with tho the walls perpendicular tho the round silo does away with corners in which ollano Is likely to spoil it gives tho the largest capacity for tho the amount of material in tho the walls and where built above ground this form of resists tho the winds and tho the pres pressure suro at 0 silage from within bettor than tho the square silo when tho the silo exceeds 16 feet in diameter it requires more work to get got tho the silage to tho the door than in tho the smaller silo 11 it also requires a cargor amount to bo be fed dally daily in ordet to keep the dellago from spoiling on ac count os of its contact with tho the air A ello 11 of largo large diameter and not bozy tall has more mora spoiled silage in it per ton of good silage than a silo of greater height tho the pressure pres suro on tho the silage Is measured by tho the height of tho the silo and not by its diameter so that tho the tall slim silo 11 will hold practically as much silage per square foot of wall surface as tho the short broad one on account of thu greater capacity of at tall silos it Is seldom ad to build ono less than 30 feet in height where built of mason masonry ryo or whore where well anchored and carefully looked after they may economically bo be built higher to give tho the needed capacity without getting the silo unduly largo large in diameter it Is to a great mistake to make 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 tho the advocates of at thin walled cement silos assert that it will vill freedo no more than tho the silage in a stave silo 11 which probably Is true but frozen silage from whatever source Is not desirable silage at tho the illinois station has been used for the past I 1 20 bears eare and right way to conserve Coni erve the corn crop they have learned bow how to build silos that will stand tho 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 that tho the eldo side walls will not spring out and allow tho the air to get in and rot tho the contents in fact very few square silos aro are now constructed tho the round silo being bring more substantial and more desirable in every nay ay |