Jan. 2, 190S.] A(/ricul(tiral Gazette of N.S.W. 



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Tlie method of attaching these rods is sliown in Fig. 1, and also in 

 detail in Fig. 6. The rods are of |-incli niihl steel, shaped as shown, 

 with an eye to go over tlie end of the next preceding rod, and provided 

 with a thread and nut to enable the rod to be tightened at each joint. 



To doubly secure an air-tight joint at the corners and obviate any 

 ingress of air due to the roui;h surfaces of the studs, which niight allow 



Fig. 3. 



slight leakage, a strip of damp-course material is tacked up the studs, as 

 shown in the detail of tlie corner joint in Fig. 4. 



The doorway is of the continuous pattern, which is al)solutely insisted 

 on in the tub silo so popular in the T'nited States, as shown on plan in 

 Fig. 7. The studs are rabbeted, as shown, to permit the horizontal planks 

 shown in section in Fig. 8 to be placed against the back of the rabljet and 



