Posted by tractorkrum on February 06, 2014 at 20:39:38 from (216.222.189.57):
In Reply to: CONCRETE STAVE SILOS posted by TimWafer on February 06, 2014 at 11:47:02:
We had a silo that my grandfather built in the early 1910"s. The staves were more like a concrete block. It had a real nice texture on the outside. I think these blocks would make a real neat retaining wall today. My grandfather bought the machine for making the blocks and built three silos before selling the machine. The silo we had on the farm had the window like openings as was stated before. The hard part was the silo had a pit that was about 12 feet deep. I remember carrying a basket up a ladder full of silage and then you had to carry it to each stall in the barn. That was sure one way of getting your daily exercise. A little trivia: I was told that when silos were first introduced people thought that if you fed silage from a silo that the cows tails would fall off.
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