BUILDING THE SILO. 97 



protect the liunber from the moisture of the 

 groand. There is no necessity of a sill, as the 

 studding may be set on the foundation and held 

 in position by the inside sheeting being nailed 

 to it to hold the bottom of the studs in place. I 

 put the studding twelve inches apart, which I 

 believe is ne'arer than necessary, as all the stud- 

 ding doe® is to hold the lumber together, the 

 sheeting bearing all the lateral pressure before 

 the silo can possibly give away. Any lumber 

 that you can spring to the circle may be used for 

 the inside sheeting, though it needs to be sur- 

 faced to bring it to a uniform thickness, as we 

 put on this Siurface a lath that is made beveled. 

 This is done for the purpose of securing a dove- 

 tailed joint to hold the cement. For this 

 inside sheeting and also for the lath I used six 

 inch fencing, having it resawed making it about 

 % inch thick. I had the lath sawed out of this 

 same lumber at the mill where the lumber was 

 resawed. A carpenter that has a supply of 

 gumption can help one out with many ideas in 

 the building of a round silo. 



The outside sheeting may be of the same ma- 

 terial as is used for the inside sheeting, or 

 wooden hoops may be put on the studding and 

 the outside sheeting may be put on perpiendicu- 

 lar, and nailed to these hoops. Sheeting sprung 

 to the outside of a circle is prone not to stay in 

 place, as in its effort to straighten it may get 



