CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. EARLY DEVELOPMENT . . . 7 



II. FUNDAMENTALS OF SILAGE PRESERVATION 11 



III. WOOD SILOS 



IV. MASONRY SILOS 



V. PLANNING THE SILO 



VI. ERECTION OF STAVE SILOS . . 52 



VII. MONOLITHIC CONCRETE SILOS 60 



VIII. THE IOWA SYSTEM OF BUILDING BLOCK SILOS . 65 



IX. SAFE STRENGTH OF MATERIALS . . &4 



X. BUYING AND CONTRACTING SILOS . . 96 



