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possibility of an expanded enter.
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-(by H, B. Gellman,
agricultural Engineer,.
Bruce .County.)
present 'indications hold truewill be a large number of.
Wilt again in Ontario this
' Many silo contractors and
panics are• already booked sol -
far
or 1he coming season. This
Only a"seller's market"
r thosee farmers whowill be
ing:silos there are a number
tints which they should consid-
;fore building, •
to Location .-'Before :building a
s armer :should consider the
m of housing that he'r's` using'
and possibly will be. using. in
uture Since a silo is a very
.anent structure he limit con-
to-rnorrow as well as to -day.
me cases a. farmer will be •
;d to make farmstead changes;
instead of Waiting if his silo
be located properly. He
Id consider .not only the pres-
,il'o ,requirements but also the
prise in the future, • This may
mean the addition of more silos, •
The first, one, then, •should be
placed, so that more can be added
without difficulty.
If .anevi silo is to be added to a
dairy unit using stall housing the
silo should be placed where it will •
best tie into the feed passages in,
the stable layout. If the stable is
properly laid out with a central
latter alley ,' and two feed passages
connected at both ends with cross
passages, the useof a• feed cart -
and circular' travel around the •
stable will !hake the job of feed-
ing silage., a ire. latively simple .one.
With this type of 'stable layout the
'silo can be located_ almost any
where:on the circular feeding path
• without altering the feeding eft,.
iciency;. In most cases the silo.
should be. set back from the barn
oro allow for the -construction .of a, >.
-small feed room between, the silo
and •the stable. Consideration
should also be given to, the,method'
of handling'and storing the grain
and concentrate portion of the • .
•ration 3n' order to effectively tie „
this in. with.,the silage feeding
routine. The possibility" of, expand with an open front. This oan4..
ing the size of the dairy herd by cause snow drifting. And drafts in-,
the addition anew stall' barn side the building which will greatly
space should be kept in mind in depreciate an otherwise :excellent
order to locate the new silo so . housing, unit. The silo should be
that .this new building can be add placed on the side of the.yard
ed without disruAting the housing which, for the prevailipg winds,
system already established in the -is On the downwind side, This will
existing barn. i Mean that the snow and draft prob.:
If ,the, dairy• cattle are housed in lems, which :occur particularly on
some type of open housing unit the downwind side of a silo will
(using either a manure pack or a take place outside the yard and
free' -stall system) the location of away .from thefeeding unit,n Con
the silo can be extremely import-
ant. Before building a silo the de-
sign. and, location of a proper feed-
ing area must be considered. This
area may be eitheroutside in an
open, paved yard, or inside a
building. '0 it is to be outside in.
a yard it should be rotated so that
•it can be covered with.,a building
sometime in the future. in most
casesx this means locating the silo', •
away •from' the present buildings
often on the .far side of the yard., .
Since silos have a very distinct
effect on the movement of wind
and snow this must be carefully
considered' in locating a silo around
open yards and buildings. A silo"
shouldnever be. put.near .a building
sideration: should • also be given to.
the .natter of surface drainage from
both the yard and the area around •
the,s-,A, silo should ,not be'
.1. ed where it will prevent good
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drainage from a yard, ,particularly
around the' feed bunks, • ;
In some situations the use of a "'`
short length of conveyor tofmove
silage from the silo. to -the feeding;
area. should be .considered. to .allow
the,piacing of the silo°in a more .
advantageous position (which may
not necessarily be right; next to the.
feeding. areal,. The use of a strai-
ght line conveyor will also allow . •
several silos to be placed in a line
with each.one .delivering into'tlie
conveyor... This arrangement is .
MN Nom
often the best from the standpoint
of expansion since filling can ess-
ay be accomplished r'egardleu of
• the number of silos added..
of Silo - in .considering•
the construction of a silo,, one is
faced with the decision as to what •
type to build, , There are basically
three choices - the horizontal or
bunker type: silo, the conventional..
open -top tower silo, and the sealed
'silo. The answer can probably.be . .
best arrrived at by considering the
basic function of a silo, which is to
store silage such that the lQs.in
both •qts f►lity and quantity is kept to
a minimum: This,of course has
to be balanced with -the cost of
owning and using such a structU re.
One of the,.niajor points to elm- .
.sider 'in selecting a silo "fila the loss
..of feed to be expected.with each..
type.. There. ,are .two. types; of 'stor-
age tastes, first, -the material that
s srticularl'.' on the top of:
pa y
the stored'material, and 'second,
the loss of nutrients in the forum
ofS ases which occurs ,during the
fermentation process. This latter
loss is sometimes referred. to as the
"invisible" ,storage .loss.' Consider-
able •research has been done in the ' •
United :States on thls"matter, and •
while all reports do.notagree., the.
general indication seems to be as
follows; sealed silos, 5-76/o con-
ventional tower silos, 10-.1,510;',: .
horizontal silos, 20-3070. Man-
agement.. of course,' will play , a''
big, part in altering the amount of
loss with any one of these: silos..
Another point to consider in the,
selection. :of a silo is the matter of
cost both. initial cost and opera=
ting cost. From an initial cost
standpoint the simple horizontal
Silo is probably, the lowest cost,
while the sealed `silo' is the highest...
However. in considering the cost
of .a horizontal silo, one &add •
add the cost of a roof if this type'
of storage unit is to be used satis;
„factorily year after year through -,a.
out the whole winter season. •In'
:this part of Ontario in particular
we, have the :possibility of very
high snowfall to contend with.
This fact; plus the probability. of
low temperatures', ,'make it almost
imperative .that•• a horizontal silo
have a roof over it ifthe owner is
to be completely satisfied.. Con-
sideration of .the .above, then, =in
balancing out: costs, means that,•
the cost of .a horizontalsilo�, pro-
erly built, with :-a roof, , will prob-
ably coitie•quite'close to that of. :
a conventional tower silo, for the;
:same=tonnage capacity'. Added
to this is the factthat at the pres--
ent time feeding from a tower .
,silo can be mechanized.(and.'auto-•
mated) much more simply and at
a• lower cost than from a horizont-
,al, silo. So-called "'.self-feeding".:
Can be accomplished satisfactorily
only "in certain cases •- this is' whe-
re cattle are on a full'. feed of sil
age. However, only certain: situ-
' ations call for full silage feeding.
Most cases .require some form of
limited feeding - thus the hand-
ling problem, • -
• The above discussion all boils,
down; to the fact that, for the
average farmer in. this, part • of .
Ontario, the construction of a
conventional tower silo is probab-
ly :still the best buy, `everything , '
considered;
The Ontario Bean :Marketing
Plant isis
being revisedas follows:
Name' -..Ontario .Bean Producers Marketing Plan
No. of ` •
Conunnifee
DISTRICTS:
No. of
. Directors
1. The'Covnty of .Kent 3
2. The County of Elgin 1
3. The County of Middlesex . 1'
4. The County of Lambton " . 1.
5. The'Cnty of Huron, • 4
6. The County of Perth 1
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Ontario Bean Growers Ltd::.�s
being reorganized as `follows:
NAME. ' - Ontario Bean Growers Co -Operative
CHARTER a non share capitol Co-operative
MEMBERSHIP 64.011 bean growers are auto-
matically members :
(b) other members may be accepted on approval Of the
Board of Directors "
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DIRECTORS — • One from each of the counties of
Kent, Elgin, Middlesex, Lorribton, Huron and Perth
and one, director at large. • • • . ' •
The directors would normally be elected at the an- •
noel meeting of the Co-operative but provision is
mode to elect them at. County meetings if the Board
• of Directors so decides.
A prcducer who is not in any of these counties may ,be -
cornet
be -come a n.ember'of the county group nearestto his place
of production.
The number' of directors from each district is• bused an o
formula taking into account both the: number of producers
and the acreage. •
• /.
The number of committee men in each district is...three •
• times the number of directors but with d minimum of five
.'in each district. The committee men are to be elected and •
the Directors to be nominated at county meetings:
•
If more than The required numberof directors: is nominated
the election will be conducted bymail ballot.
The plan has been revised to gihir more dsmoera-
,tie representation from the various counties. If in
the future. 'changes. .in the number of growers •or
acreage occur; application can ba made to the
Porn! Products Market: Board to commend the Pran..
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The Ontario eafl.
Marketing Board
NOTE: The. Company has been 'semen--•
ized. so that
( 1) ,Each grower hos equal voting rights
(2) The assets of . the Company, which
have accumulated over the years from
: all growers ore returned to the growers
• collectively •
(3) Any decision as ,to the direction or
disposition• of the Company will be made
by the growers and every.' grower will
have equal rights in any such decision.
Present Company bylaws `can be changed at
qny annual or general meeting of the Company
provided proper notice of Meeting Inas been
sent to all members.•
The average, water consumption.
per person in the United States
is about fifty. gallons;
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Accidents don't. .just happen, They
are caused.
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