CHAPTER XIV 



THE METAL LATH SILO 



The construction of the metal lath silo has been 

 treated in considerable detail by Mr. Geo. C. Wheeler, 

 specialist in animal husbandry of the Kansas State 

 Agricultural College, Manhattan, Kans., in an article 

 published in a bulletin of that institution. This article 

 has also been reprinted, with slight modifications, by 

 the Northwestern Expanded Metal Company, of Chi- 

 cago, and we can do no better than to follow quite 

 closely the information there given. 



The first round of the metal lath which forms the 

 chief reinforcement of this silo must have its edge em- 

 bedded 5 or 6 inches in the top of the foundation, in 

 order to insure a perfect union between the foundation 

 and the wall proper. When the footing trench has 



Cross Section of Foundation of HY-RIB Silo. 



been filled to within about 6 inches of the top and the 

 concrete brought to an approximate level, the lath, 

 which comes in strips 8 feet long and 18 inches wide, 



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