SILOS, ENSILAGE AND SILAGE. 



Then in the same manner set the studs of the sides 

 ( B, B, B, Fig. 6 ), and nail the bottom board II in the 

 same way. The position of the corner studs and their 

 relation to the sheathing boards is clearly shown in Fig. 

 6, the board X being nailed to the side of the stud B, 

 while the board II is nailed to the edge of the same stud. 

 This simple plan of building the corners gives ample 

 strength with the least expenditure of mater- 

 ials and labor in the construction. 



When the first layer of the inside sheath- 

 ing, marked X and II (Fig. 6), is laid to 

 the height of four or five feet, begin again at 

 the bottom by putting on a sheet of tarred 

 roofing paper, lengthwise, without lapping, 

 but with the edges in contact, to completely 

 cover the joints between the boards already 

 laid, and upon this nail the inner layer of 

 boards marked III and IV, Fig. 6. In or- 

 der to break joints it will be seen by refer- 

 ence to Fig. 5 that the first, or bottom board, 

 of one of the layers must be one-half the 

 width of the other boards, and it is immater- 

 ial in which layer of the sheathing the nar- 

 ;" \ row board is 



placed. 



After the 

 za first board of 



Fig. 6. Plan of silo showing construe i ion of comers. A, ,, . . -. 



A, A, B, B, B, B, studs; X, II, III, IV. inside sheathing ' 

 boards. C, corner stud for outside sheathing. sheathing is 



nailed on, it will be well to complete the frame by putting 

 on the plates. These are two-inch scantling, and like the 

 sills, of the same width as the studs, to the top of which 

 they are spiked. The plates must run entirely around 

 the walls, at the ends as well as the sides. The end 

 studs may be two inches longer than the side studs, and 

 then the plate on the end will lap over the side plate at 

 the corner, to which it is firmly spiked. 



