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Mr. Murphy: I don't think they last over seven or eight 

 years without rehning. 



Mr. Stewart: A silo will rot as quickly when it is idle as 

 when it is full. 



Mr. Spies: I built a silo eleven years ago and lined it with 

 white pine stock boards, good quality. We have filled it every 

 year and it is still in fairly good condition. 



Mr. Murphy: You must be very careful in getting good 

 white pine. Often you put up your boards and you can't see 

 anything the matter with them and pretty soon there are 

 decayed spots. 



Mr. Stewart: I know enough about lumber to say that you 

 will not get any more good white pine. 



Mr. Murphy: I paid a little more and the lumberman gave 

 me the privilege of sorting my lumber myself. I found it was 

 impossible to get a board without some spot on it. 



Mr. Spies: Some people are badly troubled with rats in 

 their silos. In building our silo we run the brick wall flush with 

 the outside of the silo for about a foot down into the ground, 

 then we made an offset coming out further from the silo of one 

 brick and we are not troubled with rats. 



Mr. Murphy: In building my silo I dug down in the ground 

 about sixteen inches and put in a stone wall and then I cemented 

 the bottom. I haven't been troubled with rats. The trouble 

 with me was the moles coming up under the surface and that 

 let the water run into the silo, down the stone wall. 



