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HOW TO BUILD A SILO. 



either the original or the modified Wisconsin sUo, on account of 

 their ease of construction and their durability. In the experience; 

 of H. B. Gurler, a well known Illinois dairyman, who has built 

 several silos on his farm in the course of the last dozen years, the 

 walls of plastered silos keep perfectly and there Is no waste 

 from moldy silage along the wall; neither Is there any difficulty 

 about cracking of the plaster, if this is put on properly and a 

 good quality of cement Is used. Gurler described the construc- 

 tion of his plastered silo in Breeder's Gazette, accompanying his 

 description with building plans of his sUo. We have reproduced 

 the latter changed and improved in some points of minor Im- 

 portance, and give below a brief description of the method of 

 building silos of this type. (See Figs. 10 and 11.) 



The foundation may be made of stone, brick or cement, and 

 Is carried to the proper distance above ground. Sills composed 

 of pieces of 2x4, two feet long, beveled at the ends so as to be 

 toe-nailed together to form a circle of the same diameter as the 



Fig. 10.— Elevation and section of plastered round wooden silo. 



