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HOW TO BUILD A SILO. 



To stay the studding a post should be set in the ground in the 

 center of the silo long enough to reach about five feet above the 

 sill, and to this stays may be nailed to hold in place the alternate 

 studs until the lower five feet of outside 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. 



Setting Studding for Doors. On the side of the silo where the 

 doors are to be placed the studding should be set double and the 



Fig. 6. Showing the plan of studding for the all-wood, brick-lined 

 or lathed-and-plastered silo. 



