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Reinforced Brick Silos. 



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second is as high as the roof of the feeding shed will allow. The jambs, 

 which are of red gum with a bevel out all round, are kept in position by 

 strong hoop iron worked into the brickwork and spiked on to the jambs. 

 AVhen building, the wires were run across these openings and cut off after- 

 wards. The doors are made of double f in. flooring, T. & G. red deal. 

 They are placed in position from outside, before filling is commenced, 

 and kept there by two f in. iron plugs placed in holes bored in the bottom 

 jambs. These plugs can be removed when the door is to be taken out 

 to get at the silage. The top door is removed in the shed and the silage 

 burrowed out upwards till the surface is reached. Care is taken to 

 j-emove a little from the exposed surface each day, and so none is wasted. 



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PLAN OF SILO AT MONOMEITIL 



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•^ — —^^~—~—7fr/6'." diam.- - 

 SECTION OF REINFORCED BRICK SILO 

 DESIGNED BY MR. BRAZENOR. 



The wall plate, which was cut at Messrs. James Moore and Sons, 

 South Melbourne, is of circular shape, so as to fit the wall of the silo. 

 It cost ^2. The roof is octagonal, and is made of galvanized iron, but 

 is unnecessarily expensive; simpler and yet effective types are given in 

 the article by Mr. Kenyon. The silo is 18 ft. 6 in. above, and 6 ft. 

 below ground, which gives a depth of 24 ft. clear, whilst the diameter 

 (inside) is 15 ft. It is lined with about half an inch of good cement and 

 is limewashed each time before filling. It took 5,000 bricks and 13 casks 

 of the best cement. The cost works out as follows : — 



Excavation and concrete ... 

 Material and labour 

 Wallplate, roof, and doors 



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