CONTENTS 



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Chapter I. Why Build a Silo 5 



" II. What a Good Silo Should Be 25 



11 III. How Concrete Meets the Eequirements 30 



" IV. Advantage Over Other Kinds of Silos 37 



1 ' V. Size and Shape of a Silo 49 



11 VI. The Different Types of Concrete Silos 56 



' ' VII. The Foundation of the Silo 59 



11 VIII. The Monolithic Silo 63 



< ' IX. The Polk System 73 



' ' X. The Monsco System 79 



" XI. The Eeichert System 84 



' ' XII. Other Monolithic Systems 89 



" XIII. The Pit Silo 97 



XIV. The Metal Lath Silo 102 



" XV. The Concrete Stave Silo 125 



XVI. The Concrete Block Silo 140 



' ' XVII. Doorways, Doors, Eoofs, etc 157 



' ' XVIII. How to Increase the Silo Business 165 



Catalog Section 175 



