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Show PUkfTOR BUILDING A SILO Illustration Shows How Inside Sheeting Sheet-ing and Beveled Lath and Ce- ment Are Used. j In"Vesponse to a query for building I a silo 12x28, about 24 feet above ground, Hoard's Dairyman makes the following reply: One-half inch lumber will give fully as good, if not better, service than Inch lumber. The accompanying illustration illus-tration shows how the inside sheeting and beveled lath and cement are used In a silo of this kind. The 2x4's may be set on the foundation 16 inches from center to center. We like the beveled lath as suggested in the drawing, draw-ing, for it adds strength to the silo. I I End View. We know of some instances where common lath has been used, but it seems to us better to use the lath made from one-half-inch material. The 2x4's will not need any. sort of Iron hoops. The inside sheeting and the beveled lath are strong enough to resist all lateral pressure. If inch lumber is used and lath as suggested, suggest-ed, it would be well to put on the outside some wooden hoops three feet apart. These hoops may be nailed to the 2x4s. The capacity of the silo is sufficient for 15 milk cows. We believe that a silo 11 feet in diameter and 30 to 32 feet high would be almost better to construct, for It is necessary to remove re-move about one and one-half to two inches of silage per day, especially In summer, if it is to be kept in good condition. |