Silo Construction in Nebraska 



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The forms should be made about four feet high. This will 

 permit of about a day's work in filling and raising. The form 

 is filled one day, raised the next morning and filled, and then 



Fig. 7. Solid concrete silo on Bert Mapes' 

 farm, Norfolk, Nebr. 



allowed to set until the next day, when it is raised and filled 

 again. 



REINFORCEMENT. 



The reinforcement for concrete silos can be of a heavy grade 

 of woven wire, metal lath, or ordinarv smooth wire tied to a few 



