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CONCRETE SILOS 
It must be admitted that the savages of Africa and the half-civihzed 
peons of Mexico use more care in protecting their fodder crops than many 
American farmers. More buildings of permanent material are needed 
on our American farms. 
The twentieth century silo, par excellence, is undoubtedly the rein- 
forced monolithic concrete silo. A well built, reinforced concrete silo with 
a concrete roof and a concrete chute is almost a defiance to nature. It 
defies time, fire, wind, sun, rain, frost action, and the alternate action of 
any or all of these elements combined. It is not injured by lightning. 
Concrete silos have stood unmoved against tornadoes and have suc- 
cessfully resisted shocks due to the impact of wagons, falling buildings and 
trees, and cannot be entered, undermined or affected by rats or other 
rodents, vermin or insects of any kind. The concrete silo cannot burn 
lip; it will not blow down; it is a twentieth century structure because 
it represents more adequately than any other type of farm building the 
triumph of man over his natural adversaries and is a striking example 
of the victory of skill over brute strength or cunning. 
Reinforced Concrete Grain Tanks, 16 feet by 65 feet inside dimensions. Built by Ed. Kuharske, Rock- 
ford, Illinois, for Spencer Otis, Sr., Harrington, Illinois. Car unloader shown on side. 
