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t)eveled, so that when I put it on to the sheathing I nail it fast and put the 

 narrow side or beveled side next to sheathing, so I have the same sur- 

 face, and put on the roof and paint it. That dove tail joint to put your 

 ijenter into to get|a clinch. I wonder if you understand me now. 



(Illustrates by pieces of board and paper.) 



Q. How do you get that beveled? 



A. Take it to the plaming mill and get my lumber resawed. 



Mr. Hostetter: How about that resawing? 



A. Rip it right open in half. 



Mr. Sawyer: Do you put your lath vertical? 



A. No, sir, everything round so as to help resist the lateral pres- 

 sure. Only studding upi and down. Even have your hoop outside. I 

 have five built inside of a building and roof enclosing one place and an- 

 other three places and another two. For additional hoop then saw % 

 in'ch lumber, double it, and break joints. I had an expert figure that out. 

 It is better than iron or bank iron. I can get more resistance in wood 

 than in iron. I have one built o ut by itself and that one I sheathed out- 

 side of the studding and I made my sheath for the outside of that siame 

 half inch miaterial, and you cannot put common siding to a circular silo, 

 the blamed stuff won't lay up to the studding, but you can take thosie 

 strips six inches wide and knock off the corners witli a saw and they will 

 lay up against the studding all ri ght. 



With the inside sheathing a nd this form of a sheathing on the out- 

 side you have got all the resl&tanco that is needed, that I know from my 

 own experience, practical experience. 



Q. The real strip lap siding? 



A. I don't know it by that name. I remember our old dung house 

 was sided with that kind of a joint in it, but I applied it here. 



For the cement work, get the best cement you can, and get the best 

 men you can to do the work. Don't get a mian who don't know what he 

 is about. Get a good job done and then have a wall. 



Q. What kind of a cement? 



A. The imported genuine Portland cement. 



