430 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Following is a statement of the cost of Silo No. 2, which is located at 

 Linn Grove, Iowa. 



REPORT OF THE COST OF I0W.\ SILO NO. 2, LINN GROVE, IOWA. 



Size, 16 feet in diameter by 35 feet high. 



Excavation, 31,^ feet deep — 



Labor of superintendent, 15 hrs. @ 50c $ 7.50 



$ 7.50 



Footing and Floor — 



Labor of superintendent, 9 hrs. @ 50c $ 4.50 



Labor of mason, 9% hrs. @ 40c 3.80 



Labor of mason's helper, 9^4 hrs. @ 30c 2.85 



56 ft. of discarded 36-inch woven wire fence 



52 ft. 4-inch drain tile 1.68 



14 sacks cement @ 45c 6.30 



4 yds. of gravel @ 25c 1.00 



20.13 



Wall and Door Frame — 



Labor of superintendent, 65 1-3 hrs. @ 50c $ 32.67 



Mason, 66Vi hrs. @ 40c 26.50 



Helper, 66 hrs. 30c 19.80 



Unskilled labor, 173 hrs. @ 15c 25.95 



Blocks, 4,000 4x5x121/2 @ $17.50 per M 70.00 



Freight 19.42 



Cement, 38 sacks @ 45c 17.10 



Lime, 18 sacks @ 30c 5.40 



400 lbs. No. 3 wire @ 3c 12.00 



75 lbs. % steel, $1.31, cartage and freight 60c 1.91 



Sand, 4 yds. @ 50c 2.00 



Additional wire 3.87 



236.62 



Moving Scaffold (old material used) — 



Labor of superintendent, 19 hrs. @ 50c $ 9.50 



Labor of mason, 16 hrs. @ 40c 6.40 



Labor of helper, 14 hrs. @ 30c 4.20 



Labor of unskilled, 9 hrs. @ 15c 1.35 



Stirrups 7.50 



28.95 



Roof- 

 Making cornice blocks — 



Labor of superintendent, 19 hrs. @ 50c $ 9.50 



Cement, 6 sacks @ 45c 2.70 



Sand, 2-3 yds. @ 50c 33 



10 lbs. No. 9 wire @ 3c 30 



