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structure is as follows: As the work was all done by the 

 regular farm help at odd hours, the item of labor is given 

 at estimated cost: Studding, $13.03; sheeting, $63.00; 5 

 rolls of paper, $6.25; nails, $2.40; cement for wall, $2.40; 

 labor, $20.00; total, $107.08. The owner of the silo was 

 so pleased with the service this one had rendered since 

 its construction, that he built another like it during the 

 summer of 1902. This silo is connected by a covered pas- 

 sage and chute with the feeding floor of the cattle barn. 



The construction of this type of silo calls for as much 

 care in putting on sheeting, making doors and keeping 

 out the air at these places and at the foundation, as it 

 required with the more expensive forms previously de- 

 scribed. The need for outer siding will depend in a large 

 measure on circumstances. The farmer building the silo 

 (living in Central Indiana) has had no trouble with his 

 silage freezing. In Northern Indiana the siding would 

 naturally be more necessary than in the southern part of 

 this state, but generally speaking, siding is not necessary, 

 although it does materially add to the attractiveness of 

 the silo. 



Plastered Round Wooden Silos. 



Plastered round wooden silos have met with favor 

 among farmers who have tried them, and are preferred 

 by many for either the original or the modified Wisconsin 

 silo, on account of their ease of construction and their 

 durability. In the experience of H. B. Gurler, a well known 

 Illinois dairyman, who has built several silos on his farm 

 in the course of the last dozen years, the walls of plastered 

 silos keep perfectly and there is no waste from moldy 

 silage along the wall; neither is there any difficulty about 

 cracking of the plaster, if this is put on properly and a 

 good quality of cement is used. Gurler described the con- 

 struction of his plastered silo in a recent number of 

 Breeder's Gazette, accompanying his description with build- 

 ing plans of his silo. We have reproduced the latter 

 changed and improved in some points of minor impor- 



