. Concrete silos; a booklet of practical information for the farmer and the rural contractor. Concrete; Silage. 68 CONCRETE SILOS Home-Made Blocks A NUMBER of farmers in various parts of the country have put up concrete block silos of blocks made during spare time with a block machine or a home-made mold. Good blocks can be made by either method, but the use of a machine quickens the work, and does it in a more uniform manner with the expenditure of a great deal less labor. Block Machine Manufacturers:—For the benefit of those who may wish to manufacture silo blocks with a machine designed for
. Concrete silos; a booklet of practical information for the farmer and the rural contractor. Concrete; Silage. 68 CONCRETE SILOS Home-Made Blocks A NUMBER of farmers in various parts of the country have put up concrete block silos of blocks made during spare time with a block machine or a home-made mold. Good blocks can be made by either method, but the use of a machine quickens the work, and does it in a more uniform manner with the expenditure of a great deal less labor. Block Machine Manufacturers:—For the benefit of those who may wish to manufacture silo blocks with a machine designed for the purpose, the following list of manufacturers, who exhibited their machines at the Chicago Cement Show, is given. There are also, a large number of other machines on the market capable of making good silo blocks. Any of the following will be glad to send full information regarding their machines on request: The Anchor Concrete Stone Co., Rock Rapids, Iowa. Ashland Steel Range & Mfg. Co., Ashland, Ohio. Cement Machinery Co., Jackson, Mich. Century Cement Machine Co., Rochester, N. Y. Hayden Automatic Block Machine Co., Columbus, Ohio. Hobbs Concrete Machinery Co., Detroit, Mich. Ideal Concrete Machinery Co., South Bend, Ind. Inman Concrete Block Machine Co., Beloit, Wis. Marsh Co., Old Colony Bldg., Chicago. Miles Manufacturing Co., Jackson, Mich. Multiplex Concrete Machinery Co., Elmore, Ohio. Somers Bros. Manufacturing Co., Urbana, 111. U. S. Gas Machine Co., Muskegon, : I i—i Figure. 53. Home-Made Silo block Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Universal Portland Cement co. [from old catalog]. Chicago, Pittsburg, Universal Portland cement co.
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