42 Agricultural Gazette of :S.SJJ\ [/«>?. 2, 1908. 



inaiiitaiiUMl in ]Misiti()ii liy I lie iii>ila'ji . Tlic'sc hoards are placed in posi- 

 tion as tilliii'j |ii-orrc(|s, and aic icniovrd as eiiiptyiii<:' tukos jilaco : tiicre 

 ran he no acriininlat ion of rarKonic acid i:as to cause accident to the men 

 wlicn lil]in<|- or cmptvin^. AUo, wlim ciniityiiiy, tlie boards are removed 

 to the K'Vcl, oi' just l)ch)\v tiic surface, and thus an\ lifting of the ensilage 

 is obviated. The (h)or-plank is of the diinciisions shown, and cut fi'oiii 

 toiigued and grooved Oregon, !.*<) in. lonu', 1 i' in. wide and \], in. thick, 

 with a good stout tongue. 



Fig. !) shows the ])lan of the bottom plat;-. This is of I in. x •) in. Iiard- 

 wood, shaped and mortised ;is shown : the l)evel corresponds with the l)evel 

 on tlie stud ; the top ]date is the same, exct'pt that the st ulT is 1 in. x :2^i in. 



To facilitate the setting out of the stumps to carry the frame, a trammel 

 is i^rovided. This is of the sha]ie and dimensions shown in Fig. 10. 



In erecting the silo, the foundati(m stum|is are first set in position and 

 uccurateh' marke(l. as shown in the illustration — oidv a piu'tion of the 

 stumps is shown — these marks indicati' the position the l)Ottom plates 

 will occupy. The sections having all been htti'd ami sectirely nailed, as 

 ,shown in Fig. 1*, are placed in jiosition. >tartini:' with the doorway 

 section, whicli is placeil vertically on the stumps and careftdly plumbeil 

 and staved (the roof battens may be useil fiu- this purposed. Care should 



he talseii not lo twist or rack the sections 

 while heim: elevated. When the doorwa.v 

 section is uj). the liottoui jilatt' should he 

 n.ailed In the -■lum])s; then the section on 

 either -ide i^ I'ai^ed up nnd bolted, where 

 >hown. to tup and holtoni of the doorwa.v 

 section. Proceed in this wa.v till all are 

 up, care being taken that tlie studs are 

 Hush at the joints When all the sec- 

 tions are up, tlie remaining bolts are i)Ut in, juUting in the nuddle 

 row first all round; tighten bolts a little at a time, till all are home and 

 taut. The ir(Ui rods are next put on — a nail in the stmls ahmg the line 

 to support till' rods while fixing them will help: thread the bolts together, 

 in the direi'tion shown in l-'ig. 1, that is, with thi- nuts to the left, other- 

 xvise the screwine up of the nuts will l)e left-handed, and rather trouljle- 



Fig. 5. 



