748 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Itemized Cost of Silo. 



Foundation — 



Excavating 4 feet deep and laying wall 



35 hours at 30 cents $ 10.50 



70 hours at 15 cents 10.50 



2,000 brick at $7.25 14.50 



2 barrels cement at $2.00 4.00 



2 barrels lime 1.55 $ 41.0& 



Superstructure — 



139—2x4—16 feet, 1,482 feet at $20.00 ...$ 29.64 



252—1/0x6—16 feet, 2,016 feet at $14.00 28.22 



4 doors 20x30 inches double, 33 1-3 at $23.00 77 



3,100 lath at $4.50 per M 13.95 



11 barrels cement at $2.00 22.00 



6 yards sand at $1.25 7.50 



Carpenters, 67 hours at 30 cents 20.10 



Labor, 148 hours at 15 cents 22.20 



Plastering, 28 hours at 40 cents 11.20 



Tender, 35 hours at 15 cents 5.25 160.83 



Sheeting — 



7 hoops— 84— 1/0x6— 16 ft. 672 ft. @ $14.00 9.41 



61—1x12—16 ft. 976 ft. @ $24.00 23.42 



61—1x12—14 ft. 854 ft. @ $24.00 20.50 



61 battens i/oxS— 16 ft. 244 ft. @ $22.00 5.37 



61 battens yox3— 14ft. 214 ft. @ $22.00 4.70 



65 ft. 2% in. water table @ $3.00 per C 1.95 65.35 



Roof— 



18—2x4—14 ft. 168 ft. @ $19.00 3.19 



3—2x4—12 ft. 24 ft. @ $19.00 46 



4,000 shingles @ $3.20 per M 12.80 



35 roof boards 1x6—16 ft. 280 ft. @ $16.00 4.48 



Cornice, 5—1x12—16 ft. 80 ft. @ $24.00 1.92 



Ornamental post in center 90 23.75 



Chute— 



5—2x4—14 ft. 47 ft. @ $19.00 89 



12—1x12—16 ft. 192 ft. @ $24.00 4.61 5.50 



Carpenter work on roof, sheeting of silo and chute — 



54 hours @ 30c 16.20 



120 hours @ 25c 30.00 46.20 



