A CHEAP BRICK SILO.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 687, 18 July 1914, Page 2

A CHEAP BRICK SILO.

Mr. H. H. Smith, o5 Jersey Ville, Seven Hills (N.S.W.), has, reports the Sydney "Telegraph," constructed a 90-ton silo, which cost him at ths most for material £6. With the assistance of a brother he built it in the course of a couple of weeks. The first operation was to dig a hole 'in which could be built a brick silo pit 18 feet deep and 14 feet 6 inches in diameter. The labour on this was minimised by the erection of a '''whip," and the mullock was speedily, hoisted out of the way in buckets as the depth " 'increased. Without any previous experience in bricklaying, Mr. Smith and his brother bricked the sides up and cemented the bottom, constructing a clrcr.n nnd leaving ah outlet in th; bottom of tha p'it for any moisture to flow off. The earth around the pit was puddled also, to prevent rnine soakage. Some 3,000 bricks v.-ers used in the building of the silo, and these were obtained from an old building in the vicinity. A small centrifugal pump has been erected at the top so that any moisture [hat may be-found at the holto.a as the pit empties can be punvpsd out. The silo is estimated to contain. 90 tons when full. So pleased is Mr. Smith with the result, that ho in tends to construct another cna the same size. He. grows all his o".vn fodder, and finds, cn-ilsge a pajiag proposition. A chaflculter : . nl a c c. Q vcniently-situated horse-worts gi-'cs him all the power he requires for chaff-cutting, and preparing the ensilage.