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Foundations 54 
Home-made Form for Monolithic Silos 56 
Doorways 63 
Constructing Monolithic Silo Walls 66 
Building Concrete Block Silos 74 
Home-made Blocks 78 
Concrete Chutes . 80 
Water Supply Tanks 82 
Concrete Roofs 87 
Commercial Silo Systems 
Monolithic 92 
Concrete Block 97 
Appendix 
Tables : 
Triangle mesh reinforcement for monolithic silos 100 
Cost of filling concrete silos 102 
Free U. S. Government and State Experiment Station Bulletins on 
Silos and Silage 104 
Index to Tables 
Title Page 
Capacity of Round Silos in Tons 36 
Quantity of Silage Required for the Dairy Herd and Economical 
Diameter of the Silo 37 
Cost of Filling 59 Concrete Silos 102 
Materials for Silo Footings and Floors 55 
Materials for Home-Made Silo Forms 62 
Cubic Yards of Concrete in Silo Walls 67 
Cement, Sand and Gravel Required for Monolithic Silo Walls . . 68 
Triangle Mesh Reinforcing for Monolithic Silo 70-100 
Size and Spacing of Reinforcing Rods in Monolithic Silo Walls . . 72 
Blocks Required for Walls of a Concrete Block Silo 76 
Size of Reinforcing Rods for Concrete Block Silo 77 
Capacities of Water Supply Tanks 82 
Materials and Reinforcing for Tank Floors 84 
