CHECK ROOF FOR STAVE SILO. 



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to allow filling to the top. The narrow middle section is 

 light enough to lift off on either side, and leaves the open- 

 ing for the carrier to deliver into. 



On the framework B, B, and C, C, cheap sheeting 

 boards are nailed. This is then covered with tin, soldered 



Fig.19. A CHEAP ROOF OF STAVE SILO. 



A, B, and E, 2x6 in.; C, 2x4 in.; D, E, Enlarged Outside 

 End; F, Hinges; G, H, 1, Sections of Roof; J, K, 2x2 

 in. {Van Norman.) 



joints and painted. The sections should be fastened down 

 by means of staples and hooks, or other device; the hooks 

 are used on this one. On the inner edge of G and H, 

 2x2-inch strips, K, are nailed. Close to these are placed 

 similar strips, J, to which the cross-boards are nailed, 

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