Show trench silo puts all of corn crop to use many farmers in the corn belt tried temporary silos last year tor for the first time trench silos may offer a good means of saving the corn crop in some sections the trench silo saves the entire crop ol 01 corn and converts all parts of it into feed says T G stewart colorado agricultural college no cash Is required in digging wigging the trench silo any farmer with a fresno or slip scraper and power to pull it and a plow can easily dig one it Is simply a hole in the ground jtb smooth sides six to eight feet deep and 12 to 14 feet wide at the top and 10 feet wide at the bottom the length can be determined by the number of cattle to feed each additional toot foot of length on the silo will add approximately 1 tons of hilale one end of the silo should be sloped so as to je able to slip out the dirt and to get the silage out farmers in some colorado count counties les have had success in putting the whole stalks of green corn in the pl pit when the trench la Is filled it Is covered with straw and dirt to keep out wat water e r |