Posted by Notjustair on February 06, 2014 at 12:04:38 from (174.238.67.250):
In Reply to: CONCRETE STAVE SILOS posted by TimWafer on February 06, 2014 at 11:47:02:
In KS it would have. This dairy started in 1930. The concrete silo that's here is the only one that's ever been here. It wasn't up to start with but shortly after. The concrete around the bottom is dated - I want to say it is 1936 but I can't recall. It is under a three foot drift right now.
The outfit that put most of these in my area up did not put doorways in them (walk through). They were all what I call window silos - all openings were window size. Where I grew up in out west they all had a walk door at the bottom with a silo house.
The practice was to go to the sale and buy an old horse and lead it into the silo. As the silo was filled the horse would pack it. When the silo was full they would shoot the horse and throw it off the side. After it was cut up they had feed for the dogs for the winter. I only know of one farm in the county that still uses a tower silo. I don't ever remember using ours. Always used the trench.
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