CAPACITY OF SILOS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 454, 12 March 1909, Page 2

CAPACITY OF SILOS.

The following from tlie "Agricultural Gazette"' of the New South Wales Government, will probably bo of some service to farmers who are proposing to build silos— Capacity of Circular Silos, in Tons of Corn. Height Inside Diameter of Silo. of Silo. . • i 10 12 H 15 1G 18 .20 ft. ft. ft. ft. ft. • ft.' ft." ' feet. tons. tons. tons. tons. tons. tons. tons. 20 20 38 51 53 G7 85 105 21 23 40 55' GU 72 91 112 22 30 43 59 G7 77 97 120 .23 32 4G 62 72 82 103 . 128 24 34 49 GG 7G 87 .110 135 25 3G 52 70 81 90 11G 143 , 2G 38 55 74 85 97 123 152 27 40 58 78 90 103 130 160 , 28 42 G1 83 95 108 1.17 169' ■ 29 45 G1 88 100 1H 141 .178 .. 30 47 ' G8 93 105 . 119 151 187 31 49 .70 96 110 125 153 ' 195 32 51 73 101 115 '131 .IGG 205 ■ "In calculating the capacity of a rectangular silos, 401b. may bo taken as the average weight of 1 cubic foot of com silage. One ton of silage will accordingly take up 50 cubio feet, and 100 tons, 5000 cubio feet. If rectangular JOO-ton silo is to be built, it may bo 12 x 14 feet and 30 feet high, or 12 £"12 x 35 'feet, or 13 xl3x 30 feet. . . . I "Silage weighs from 30 to 501b; per cubic foot. -' Good, corn' silage 'fiverages' about 35- to 401b. Clover and cowlfea's' silagC weighmortf than corncsi. silage. One aero of' corn should yield.'from 10..'; to 15 tons of silage, and 1 acre of clover,-vetch, -- cowpeas, rye, etc., should yield from 8 .to 10 tons of silage." , ■ .- < .