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of 30 feet including 6 feet of cobblestone-cement foundation. The 

 floor stands 5 feet below ground. The foundation wall is 12 inches 

 thick and extends 6 inches below the floor. The lower 12 feet of the 

 cement wall is 10 inches thick. The upper 12 feet is 8 inches thick. 

 Fig. 5 is from a photograph taken nearly four years after the completion 

 of the silo and shows the walls to be remarkably free from checking 

 of any kind. 



Fig. 6. Setting up the forms for the construction of the silo shown in Fig. 5. 



The quality of the ensilage produced in this silo is very satisfactory 

 to Mr. Smith. Samples of the silage have been examined by the writer 

 and pronounced very good. 



The doors of the silo, four in number, are 24 inches by 36 inches. 

 They are especially well made of two thicknesses of lumber, with beveled 

 edges, refrigerator style and fit snugly into equally well made frames, 



