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Do-It-Yourself Project . . .
How To Build A Low Cost Fence Silo
DETAIL FOR CONSTRUCTION
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Plans furnished by New Holland based on Information from Utah State University
4' x 64 redwood or cedar
posts placed 8' apart
Width of silo
24' or 34'
Length of silo
96' cr 120'
Wire fence pulled together
to close one end
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Here's How It's Done
The above diagram shows how you can make your OWti low-cost Fence
Bulk Silo. The materials required are so inexpensive the project is considered
to save money even if the silo is used for one season only.
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replace the sisalkraft paper
lining and plastic cover film
periodically.
Holds 497 Tons
You'll want a silo to suit the
size of your herd, since spoilage
occurs fairly rapidly when the
silage is exposed to air. In most
cases, a daily removal of six
inches of silage from the ex-
posed face is enough to stay
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ahead of spoilage if the silo is
well-packed at filling.
The fence bunk silo is 120
feet long, 24 feet wide. The
fence on both sides is five feet
high. When this silo is filled
to a depth of six and one-half
feet at the top of the centre
crown, it holds 497 tons of
silage. Silage piled to nine
feet, three inches in the same
silo amounts to 835 tons.
In a 120-foot silo holding 500
tons, an average of two tons
a day needs to be removed to
keep abreast of spoilage. If
filled to 835 tons, six inches of
the exposed face would amount
to 3% tons. A 500-ton silo
should provide enough silage
for 100 dairy cows for 125
days if per-cow silage consump-
tion is about 80 pounds. If good
hay is fed liberally, much less
silage is consumed.
Tuck In Sllage
Te sisalkraft paper liner
and plastic cover helps keep
the silage from spoiling, so be
sure to "tuck in" your silage
when filling the silo. It's also
a good idea to keep heavy
equipment at least three feet
away from the silo sides when
filling to help avoid bowing out
the sides; this area can be
tamped down by walking on it.
You'll need the following ma-
terial for a 120-foot-long silo:
20 redwood posts, 4"x6"x8';
12 redwood posts, 4"x6"x9';
44 bolts, %"x6"; 90 wash-
ers. %";
15 pieces No. 1 fir, 2"x6"x16';
275 feet electric weld 2"x4"
x4" mesh 11 gauge galvanized
wire;
Three rolls sisalkraft, 666 sq.
ft., or a like amount of 8 mil
black polyethylene plastic;
Black 8 mil polyethylene
plastic for cover. Be sure to
allow extra width to accom-
modate high crown of silo.
Here's How
After your pasts are placed
according to the depth and
spacing shown on this plan, at-
tach the fir planking along the
top inside of the posts with the
bolts. Brad the fencing to the
inside of the post, then line
the silo with the sisalkraft
paper or polyethylene plastic.
Be sure to let enough of the
liner drape over the top of the
fence so there will be enough
to fold together with the top
cover for a good, weatherproof
seal.
Moggoch Speaker
At Palmerston
Ontario Department of Agri-
culture agricultural engineering
specialist G. S. Moggoch of
Clinton was a guest speaker
last Wednesday at the first
Corn Day held on the Palmier-
ston farm of J. D. Ross.
The event was jointly spon-
sored by the Ontario Depart-
ment of Agriculture and soil
and crop improvement associa-
tions from Grey, Bruce, Huron,
Perth, Wellington and Dufferin
counties.
Topics of discussion at the
event included corn production,
corn equipment and corn use.
A fence bunk silo with pro-
tective lining can provide you
with efficient and economical
storage for silage.
Flexible and well-suited for
varying volumes of silage, it
can be built at a low enough
cost to justify it for one-time
use.
But tests show it can be used
for a number of years if you