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BULLETIN No. 143 



[February, 



The silo, which is the Curler type, was then started and carried 

 up with the barn. It was built by placing 2x4 studs around the 

 circle, one foot on centers, and ceiling inside with ^x6-inch lum- 

 ber. This J^-inch lumber was obtained by re-sawing 1x6 yellow 

 pine fencing. Common lath were then put on horizontally in the 

 regular way inside, without furring out, and plastered with rich 

 cement plaster. 



The sill of the barn is 6x6, made up of ix6s, and built on top 

 of the wall. Building it up in this manner makes a stronger sill 

 than can be obtained in any other way, as it forms a continuous 

 hoop around the barn. 



FIG. 14. SHOWING HEIGHT AND CONSTRUCTION OF SILO, SIDING COMPLETED, 

 AND FOUR MAIN RAFTERS IN PI y ACE. 



The joists are 2x1 2s notched 6 inches to fit the sill, so that the 

 outer ends rest on both the sill and the brick wall. The outer span 

 of joists is 14 feet and the inner ends of these joists rest on a 

 similar sill built of ix6s on top of the 4x4 supports at the stanch- 

 ions. The inner span of joists, between the stanchions and the 

 silo, is 8 feet, the outer end resting on the sill over the 

 stanchions, and the inner end on a Ij/x6-inch band, made up 



