| Show Figuring Contents of Silo Made Easy Simple Table Worked Out OutI I at l Iowa a Col ge ger r Good i A simple table worked out at nt the Iowa Agricultural cOlle college is endorsed as ns practical and und good h by the lie animal husbandry workers at the time New York State colle college e at nt Ithaca They P point out that tables would hardly be lie needed If it silos contained nothing but air nir or water or rocks or 01 sUId sand But silage packs down so that time tile higher the silo sHo the tile greater the time the on the Ule bottom ottom la layers ers which means more pounds lOunds- to the time square foot at ut the hot bot bottom tom torn of the time silo Other factors such as time line of oC f filling and condition of corn also ulso cause lUse a n variation In weight The TIte following table shows the lie aver average uyer- uyer age weight n a at various depths of a cub cubIc cubic c foot of ot silage e time the first figure Indicating In lag ing feet rind and the second pounds 10 lO 12 12 2714 12 14 20 30 10 lG V lS 33 20 fc 34 22 30 24 3 1 18 3 SO 30 3 40 32 41 31 42 30 8 I 44 H 40 10 42 10 44 48 40 fib 50 GO GO 4 1 p If a 11 12 by 40 silo contained 3 30 3 toot foot COt of ot silage after being allowed to settle and time the e exact number of tons loft left t in the silo Is ts wanted the time area ui-eu would 1 first be bc figur figured by by multiplying e half the time diameter multiplied by itself times So equals 1131 1181 square feet TIme The total amount of silage was or 40 cubic feet The amount fed oft off wa vai was or 01 cubic feet From the table the tIme n average of 30 feet ot of sIngo Is J 42 pounds lOunds for far each ach cubic foot 01 or a n total of 12 1 or pounds The amount fed a off IT however averaged only 30 founds to a cubic rubic foot foot foot-as as the table shows In other othel words 2 equals pounds fed out The Time difference Is 5 pou pounds remaining or ap ap- pr ii 50 GO tons |
