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SILOS: CONSTRUCTION AND SERVICE 



nuts. Originally this form of silo was used only with indi- 

 vidual doors, that is, doors placed between every other pair 

 of hoops. At present a great many companies are mak- 

 ing the continuous-door 

 stave silo, differing only 

 in minor features of the 

 door frame. Several of 

 these are shown in order 

 to illustrate the different 

 kinds. A great advan- 

 tage of the stave silo is 

 the rapidity with which it 

 can be built. It requires 

 only one or two days for 

 erection. That it is a 

 moderate priced silo, port- 

 able, and has a capacity 

 to resist wind as success- 

 fully as some of the other 

 types, are also advant- 

 ages. 



If the silo is secured to 

 the foundation and the 

 top guyed by means of 

 three or four wires, nine- 

 tenths of the difficulty of 

 blowing down can be 

 done away with. It 

 should be secured at the 

 bottom to the foundation 



s^t four to six places, and the guy wires should extend out 

 quite a distance or across to the framework of the barn. 

 They should never be placed close to the foot of the silo and 



Fig. G. The Unadilla door. 



