But no silos. Yet the McHenry County Historical Society celebrates Fred Hatch as the inventor of the first upright silo in 1873, on a farm owned by his family near Spring Grove. Only the ...

1). Forage to be stored in horizontal silos should be near 70% moisture in order to facilitate tight packing and air exclusion. Most upright silos should be filled with 60 to 66% moisture forage to ...

That percentage can be in the upper range if silage is being stored in bunker silos or on the ground, but needs to be in the lower range if kept in an upright silo. "A field test that I use is, if I ...

The small silo on our family farm near Argyle, Wis., was made of upright wood staves. Steel bands held the staves together like a huge wood barrel. Those same bands held concrete staves together ...

While many grain silos around Australia are getting large-scale mural makeovers, one century-old structure is still operational, little-known and unadorned. The Peak Hill upright grain silo was ...

The target moisture level should match the storage structure. The recommended moisture content for an upright silo is 60-65 percent moisture, 50 to 60 percent for an oxygen limiting structure and ...