Farm Buildings and Agricultural Settlement Please choose one ADMINISTRATION AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS COMMUNICATIONS CONFLICT CULTIVATION ENCLOSURES ENERGY EXTRACTION FLOODING GRAZINGS HOUSING KNOWLEDGE LEISURE MANUFACTURE PERCEPTION SETTLEMENTS TRADES Nucleation and dispersal Agricultural Economy Buildings for livestock Buildings for grain and fodder Buildings for land working Tower silo, Wellside, Dyke and Moy, Moray Concrete tower silos were extensively built in Scotland during the late 1920s as a means of preserving and storing grass and other green crops cut for animal feed. This silo was built as part of a new steading (farm buildings) in 1929, at the height of the ensilage craze. The suppliers were Scott of Aberdeen, one of the leading Scottish silo builders. Cut grass, straight from the field, was blown up a metal pipe into the top of the silo. Once inside, the grass was trampled to remove air and the silo sealed. On re-opening, silage was shovelled into a chute and collected below. The fashion was short-lived, but ensilage was revived in the post-war years. Resource pack   1     2     3