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through which the hopper is inserted, and a cross rod engaged through the said plates and projecting therefrom to provide stops engageable with the interior of the silo for 6 limiting the outward movement of the hop- per. 7. The combination with a silo having a vertical series of openings, of a chute carried by the silo adjacent to said openings and 1o having side inlets at various vertical points thereof, flap valves hinged to the chute for normally closing said openings and swing-
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able inwardly, and means adjustable verti- cally to the various openings of the silo for catching the ensilage and having a spout in- D sertible through said inlets for directing the ensilage into the chute. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signa- ture in the presence of two witnesses. EDWARD A. FRANKLIN. Witnesses: ARTHUR HOHES, T. A. Low.
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