DESCRIPTION OF THE "WINNING-FARM" SILOS. 19 



Newark, Rosendale, or Akron cement, with three bar- 

 rels of plastering" sand and four barrels of clean gravel. 

 This is thoroughly mixed together while dry. It is then 

 wet and thoroughly mixed again, making a very thin 

 mortar. 



About three inches in depth of this mixture is put in 

 between the planks ; then stone of all sizes and shapes 

 are packed and bedded in this layer of concrete, after 

 which another layer of concrete is poured in on top of 

 this layer of stones, and the operation is repeated until 

 the space between the planks all round each Silo is 

 filled ; then the planks are raised about ten inches, and 

 the space filled with concrete and stones as before until 

 the walls are at the desired height. The best way is to 

 have a sufficient number of hands to just raise the wall 

 the width of the plank each day. Time was pressing 

 with me, however ; and I sometimes raised the plank two 

 and three times in one day, the concrete " setting " so 

 that I was able to do so safely. But I do not recommend 

 this haste, as the walls will not be as smooth as they 

 would be if the cement had all night to " set " in before 

 the planks were raised. A 4 X 1 2 inch sill was bedded 

 on the wall in the last layer of concrete. This sill was 

 made of 2x12 inch spruce plank nailed together. 

 Upon these sills a building was placed with posts five 

 feet high, the beams on the top of these posts being 

 thoroughly braced to the posts, thus firmly tying the 

 whole structure together. 



In sections of the country where clean sand, gravel, 

 or stone is not easily obtained, Silo walls may be con- 

 structed of brick in the usual manner of brick buildings. 



To put up the concrete walls and bed the sills, to- 

 gether with grading the upper side, where the cutting 

 of the fodder is done, took of the foreman 28 J days, 



