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the silo of structural units as opposed to the metal 

 lath silo; while with reverse conditions, the opposite 

 would be the case. A strike in one of these trades 

 would, of course, throw that particular mode of con- 

 struction out of consideration for the time being. 



The fact that a neighbor has a silo of a certain type 

 of construction will often influence a man to have the 

 same type. This method of selection is logical only to 

 the extent that it shows there is someone in the locality 

 who can build successful silos of that type and gives the 

 new builder greater confidence that his silo will be 

 what it should be. His situation as to materials or 

 labor, however, may be entirely different, so that this 

 in itself is not sufficient basis for choice. 



There may even be times when one will not be justi- 

 fied in going to greater expense than that involved in 

 the construction of a pit silo. In doing this, however, 

 he must be sure that his conditions are right for this 

 type of silo, and outlined in another chapter of this 

 book. 



