. Concrete silos; a booklet of practical information for the farmer and the rural contractor. Concrete; Silage. 72 CONCRETE SILOS The Zeeland Silo:—A very interesting type of concrete block silo is being used extensively through the region between Holland and Grand Rapids, Michigan, which is known as the Zeeland silo and has been built exclusively by Mr. Chris Dejonge, of Zeeland, Mich. About 30 Zeeland silos have been put up by him in Ottawa County alone. The Zeeland silo has a number of unique features. It is the only silo of its kind using solid blocks made "tongue and groove" so
. Concrete silos; a booklet of practical information for the farmer and the rural contractor. Concrete; Silage. 72 CONCRETE SILOS The Zeeland Silo:—A very interesting type of concrete block silo is being used extensively through the region between Holland and Grand Rapids, Michigan, which is known as the Zeeland silo and has been built exclusively by Mr. Chris Dejonge, of Zeeland, Mich. About 30 Zeeland silos have been put up by him in Ottawa County alone. The Zeeland silo has a number of unique features. It is the only silo of its kind using solid blocks made "tongue and groove" so as to fit any diameter of silo. The blocks are made 24 inches long and 8 inches high and have a thickness of only 3 inches. They are laid up in 1 :2 cement and sand mortar and the inside of the wall is plastered off with mortar of the same proportion. Rein- forcing consists of a heavy iron rod around each course, laid in a groove provided in the top of the blocks. Early silos of this type were reinforced with band-iron hoops 2 inches wide by ^4 mcn thick placed four courses apart. The silo of Mr. Simon Wierda shown on page 54 was the first one of this type constructed. Mr. Dejonge has lately (April, 1911) secured patents on a semi- circular steel chute and ladder which is placed on the inside of the silo. This permits the silo walls to be built up full all around, the only opening necessary being a door in the bottom. The chute is held to the silo wall by means of hooks and eyelets, the latter being placed in the wall at the time of building. When it is desired to use off the silage, two top sections of the chute are removed, and as the height of the silage is lowered successive sec- tions are removed and hung two spaces Fig. 58. Large monolithic silo, built by Cornelius Andre, Grandville, Michigan. Cost of materials, $; cost of labor, $; total cost of silo, $ Mr. Andre has many creditable examples of concrete work about his place, includ- ing barn
Size: 2270px × 1100px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubject, booksubjectconcrete
