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Show EASY TO MAKE A PIT SI IO. Excavate the earth silo any desired desir-ed width, depth and length. The average beet grower will make the width 12 or 14 fect and two or three feet deep. If the drainage is good, let It be three or four feet deep; If the water table Is near tlio (surface, make it morc shallow. Make the silo excavation with team and scraper. Leave both ends sloping slop-ing so the team and wagon may drive right through. It is not necessary to chop the tops. Pack them well to elude the air. Bank the KideH of the brrt lop mass which may be extended above the surface, with the loose earth. Top out with earth or ftney parkf-d Mraw or-chaff or bret pulp. Earth packed firmly against the sides will hold the mass solid. The location Miould bp handy in the feeding lot. The fnrmetitinc process pro-cess needs four or five weeks. When ready to feed, strip off thr. rarlh or other covering and cut down a section sec-tion at a time. |