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you sometliing better. I found this: The silo that I build outside and 

 sheath outside and put my roof on it cost me 12i/^ cents, per' square foot 

 to surface, figuring the square fee t in the walls of the silo. Well, now, 

 you can fit that to any size silo you want to build. 



Q. Inside measure or outside measure? 



A. Inside measure. 



Mr. Monrad: How many tons did that hold? 



A. Five hundred tons practically, but that cost me about 65 cents 

 per ton when I figured it but thir ty-eight feet in diameter, but built 116 

 feet in diameter and would cost more per ton of what it would contain. 



Q. How high? 



A. Twenty-four feet. 



Q. In regard to the bottom? 



A. Mine have all got a lath bottom, and the lath bottom is just as 

 good as any unless' you have it protected from rats or vermin. I have 

 found silage laying on the dirt to be all right. I remember one time of 

 looking my silos over and had that question raised. He wondered how 

 silage could go down to the ground, thought the bottom ought to be ce- 

 mented. I told him we would find out and dug down on to the lath, and 

 to hisi great surprise he could not find anything that was not all right on 

 the lath. 



Q. Is there any chance of drainage through that lath? 



A. Yes, sir, a tile put all aroliind the building. There are three com- 

 partments in this silo. I put two circular silos in place of the three 

 square ones. In ten years time these wooden silos will be rotted. 



Mr. Hostetter: About the doors? 



A. We put in a wooden frame, a beveled wood frame, the larger side 

 inside, and these frames are set the same as you would plates up to a door 

 frame in a house; thetoi we make wood doors that fit into those beveled 

 openings; that's the way. 



Q. How much space between the doors?/ 



A. Up and down. I should say five feet or six feet. You can get 

 along with six feet apart. You can pitch up three or four feet and you 

 can ddg down to the next one. 



