Show al I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 V I 1 bil b AP L t il 0 1 I 4 T 57 I 1 SILO BUILDING laneir ld soloi aro are vest best Ile cruse 1611 L irp omed to M weather callior professor F 11 II king furnishes to the rural now new yorker a valuably ablo illustrated paper showing how 1101 Y to build ii 1 round silo as follows round alloa may be build of it wood 60 stone brick or matil they less mAt clial than rectangular ili and hill ill usually he be found cheaper tor for EL riven given storage capacity cap alliy bound silos of auyor the till named mil into ix ba readily as fu twelve fed inside diro diameter moter tho the foundation of the round silo as of any other should consist 0 of and it if the nail all does riot not emend more inore than abrin inches nuovo tiou tho surface of the ground its thickness wed need not exceed eighteen 10 dt M a I 1 IIO 1 I foundation barn and where it la practicable lo 10 do so the th bottom should extend to the foitl to M of the abo floor upon which tile the stock li is fed the round title kilo of wood may be set upon i gaono extending tight or I 1 leu cot fret below belou the le surface of the ground as 03 and with the same advantage as any other I 1 pe indeed I 1 would urge the general practice tico of sinking tho the hot torn of the silo at least two it if not three foot belo below tho ho of the feeding stable blo aler L ever the ground la 13 try dry enough to lr prevent crent water u P from draining into it lu in ilog 2 la Is shown ono one method of laying and lei Ici cling eLing the foundation mail fill where it la Is only two or three feet high A isis Is t center post with its top tell lei CI As ith that of tho the pi wall all IM HIS boards nailed to stakes flukes their tops lops level with that of tho the center post and 0 edgo edge which turns laras on a pin nt at A A simpler mottled method li ii to tod daire rito down dowil a stake like a fork handle bt at the center and then boro bore t brougetta brou gotta n board a bole balu largo large enough to slip easily over thu stake thenon alien rn ihla ibis board to tho the length of tho the radius of tho the silo eilo wall it can bo be turned about in determining the position of tho the outer edge of the latter tjan the wall if 11 once started it can bo be laid up op with tho the plumb or level like tiny any other in bringing it to it lei ea a long may bo be I 1 usco reach ing from rom I 1 ho he center to the wall or it may lie be laid epou the wall directly stretching from point to point like the chord of a circle the top of lie T nail all should be so as dearly to meet the lining of the structure above as shown in fig 2 silo ix the iho construction ruction of at all I 1 wood round silo sills 2 by s cut in sec sections on a radius of abo silo eilo circle bedded in and called te gether visits the same spiked to tops top of studding studding 2 by as ono one foot apart lengths may be used lipped to get tho the depth and HB will rho glio ft a silo thirty fact deep lining made from fencing c cing ripped in avio outside th the sam amne sidiny tor for silos under tinder thirty fret feet diameter common siding rabb eted for tiling bilos more than deuty tw enly eight feet outs oualdo tile 1 diameter I lamet er common drops drop idina siding or maybe used A choa a ventilators gators rs ill ei cell inc auger aucar holes are boral at bottom between nd tho boards lack two inches of engg plate nt at top inside both sets seta of openings it ni 0 covered with wire wiro cloth to keep out ermia there should bo be it a line of feeding doors from froin top to bottom each two to three feet by five feet tact and about two to five feet apart the sills and nd plates are most dimply and by cutting 2 inola lumber of the same ns is th iho 0 studding into nto sections of front from two wo to a four feet feel bonit according to the dimter d of fit the silo sauniatu bar lui aou on the bevel by the direction ill of thre the radius of tile the r ircle dome tho JC for the hills bills are L folded ili fu mortar and to toe called together and those forthe plates spiked down upon the top of tho the studding while the lodoen i not exceed thirty feet feel in diameter 2 ly by 4 studding idding eti glies amalu strength and in no case h it necessary to use studding larger than 3 I 1 ly by b the use ue ot of ill the studding 1 u to hold bold L the lining and in place and to the roof in the hie round frilo tho strain from ilia c ensilage gist ingo 13 b us tancil by the lining and iudin alding each courso course act lagas is abood tho the di delance disla lance batu ten the studding ill iii silos ellos less than thirty feet la in diameter bo ono foot in those thirty fret feet the studding may be inches apart Aft after erthe the bill sill saro aro placed the should bo be toe toc nailed to them just us lis la in it a balloon frame biml d each etca plumb iI and I 1 a board nailed CItO to a act in tho ille center of t lie bilo after plumbing and the studding stu in this his direction it nial jiin inan one by springing 3 kinch K inch boards around and tacking tham to tile iho blud ding tl the lining should bo be of lumber and aty air bo be obtained by fencing lo 10 lo 10 two or by a special order at the iho mills two thick neabes with a layar of lood tar 1 ia roper per between both are required arid and tile tho two tn o lars of I 1 ich 11 ds about sh oulI break joints ekpo expo iacco may show it beet beat to use three layers ol of i 6 inch imi lumber imber with two layers of tar pu per bet cogo to secure perfect elpmage next the wall but the additional layer may lo bo added at any time the siding may consist of cf two layers iltz 11 1 paper 1 lem aki the amt temperature of winter irk demands them vi ahrn tho the circle Is lesii leb than thirty fot i anch lumber should bo be used and the siding must bo rabb eted to lio lie as does common louse house iding i alibeth labb alibe cled td answers every and la Is made to order by tome bome mills where the circle exceed feit in i drop droll biding may bt b ud u d that of the type being must most easily put on tho the nailing inside and out gilt should be thorough and in every kind bind because the bonada act as hoops find arld tile the ise atrain comes upun upon the nails for or this roo breawa kork also the boards should mould bo be made to break joints on the studding for ibo cho lining it la is fetter 10 penny dallis for the last thic kiebs so as to draw draur tile tho layers tightly lightly together log ellier and in unil ddll ilg the lining bo be careful riot not to didcoct dinc oct try nail hole thus lorme d v ud mit 11 a large amount of air ol 01 aj I 1 PP 1 91 ar I 1 I 1 0 M I 1 A N I 1 U 91 0 o zo 31 11 1 varl 1 j R i 11 no FIG 11 II construction la putting on the siding and the lining also after the first course of boards is in place the next bo be slatted one blood luc buck k of is hero the ural first i v ask is bigun bt gun so eo that the ends of two corners ahall riot not melt or on the some 60 atul this should le ho rigidly observed to accurse the greate fit strength etre and to keep the circle true at all times when mon kleso precautions arc ob berged it Is to 0 o stay tile alio tops of the studding bekolo beginning to put on the billing biding which kidd thowald RII go on before the lining the method of between abo ding alog la Is shown in fig 2 thieu 4 inch augur hill boles es or a single 2 Z anch one may bo 11 ough the but loul board letwen between each cich vair pair of corrid on abo with airo netting to keep out vermin lurler the lining lucks lacki 11 lla 4 to 2 incites of r a c bilog the plate find and the ibo kli mcana c am for u current of dry air entering below from the outride to escape through tin ito mutilator cuti lator in the roof reef the i nt the ibo bottom may be provided with wilb sli dIDI elds ald beld la in place by 1 if expel irace s bat they deed gleco bo stry |