. Silos, silage, and cattle feeding. V The Silo. 37 Figure 9 shows the frame work and lining of a double silo,each pit 18 feet square inside and 20 feet deep. The outside girtsare made of 2x10x20 feet planks, three planks in each girt, ex-cept the top girt, or plate, which has but two. The girts in thecross wall are made of 2x8 planks,. The corner framing is shown in Figure 11, with the crossbraces of 2x6 stuff (a a). These braces are put in to dispensewith the right-angle inside corners, but at the same time they «

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