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preservation. But they also present But modem airtight silos do not
'a greater hazard to human health offer similar protection to human
if not used properly. health-, Smith points out.
That’s the warning from Gary L. manufacturers are aware •of this
Smith, Extension safety specialist hazard, and they have provided
and agricultural engineering in- blower fans and stenciled Safety'
structor at the University of instructions which should be
Maryland in College Park. carefully followed.
Smith notes that old-fashioned Basic precautions
concrete and masonry silos had follows:
enough porosity to allow poisonous —When filling upright silos,* run
silo gases to seep out slowly. ' the blower fan for 15 to 20 minutes
Yellowish stains on older, much- before you enter the structure,
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Keep‘the blower running as long as
someone is inside the silo.
—After a silo is filled, keep all
persons and animals away for at
least two weeks preferably three
weeks. Never open up a silo unless
someone else is close enough to
come to your rescue if necessary.
—Keep the door closed between
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open in your silo room. Remove
chute doors in your silo to the level
of the settled silage.
Be on the alert for bleach-like
odors or yellowish brown fumes in
or near your silo, the Maryland
Extension safety specialist
cautions. These are the telltale
signs of nitrogen dioxide, the
poisonous component of silo gas.
If you experience the slightest
throat irritation or coughing in or
around a silo, get to fresh air
quickly, Smith warns. Only two or
three breaths of silo gas can cause
temporary loss of your sense of
smell. This can lead-to a false
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. You can make your own test
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starting with a clean - paper filter
from tiie coffee-maker in your
kitchen or the strainer in your milk
room.
In a small clean dish, mis the
following solution: V* teaspoon of
liquid cornstarch; % teaspoon of
potassium iodide (brown iodine -
not red) and4ft cup (3 shot glasses
of water).
Soak tiie paper disk in the liquid
solution; then dry the disk in an
oven at 100 to 125 degrees
Fahrenheit. Fold Scotch tape over
one edge of the disk and make a
bole for hanging. Wet the disk with
water and hang at the bottom of
silo chute or inside the chamber of
bottom-unloading silos. If the disk
turns purple, silo gas is present.
Once this chemical reaction oc
curs, the disk may not be reused.
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