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sheeting has been put on. The studs should be set first at 

 the angles formed in the sill and carefully stayed and 

 plumbed on the side toward the center. When a number 

 of these have been set they should be tied together by 

 bending a strip of half-inch sheeting around the outside as 

 high up as a man can reach, taking care to plumb each stud 

 on the side before nailing. When the alternate studs have 

 been set in this way the balance may be placed and toe- 

 nailed to the sill and stayed to the rib, first plumbing them 

 sideways and toward the center. 



On the side of the silo where the doors are to be placed 

 the studding should be set double and the distance apart to 

 give the desired width. A stud should be set between the 

 two door studs as though no door were to be there and the 

 doors cut out at the places desired afterwards. The con- 

 struction of the door is represented in Fig. 204. 



513. Sheeting and Siding. The charactei of the siding 

 and sheeting will vary considerably according to conditions 

 and size of the silo. 



Where the diameter of the silo is less than 18 feet inside 

 an'd not much attention need be paid to frost, a single layer 

 of beveled siding, rabbetted on the inside of the thick edge 

 deep enough to receive the thin edge of the board below, 

 will be all that is absolutely necessary on the outside for 

 strength and protection against weather. This statement 

 is made on the supposition that the lining is made of two 

 layers of fencing split in two, the three layers constituting 

 the hoops. 



If the silo is larger than 18 feet inside diameter, there 

 should be a layer of half-inch sheeting outside, under the 

 siding. 



If basswood is used for siding care should be taken to 

 paint it at once, otherwise it will warp badly if it gets wet 

 before painting. 



In applying the sheeting begin at the bottom, carrying 

 the work upward until staging is needed, following this at 

 once with the siding. Two 8-penny nails should be used 



