. Concrete silos; their advantages. Silos; Concrete construction. Concrete Silos 43 ill order to make the structure safe. When the hoops are so tightened, a single shower of rain will swell them, to such an extent that either the staves will buckle or the hoops will break. Of course, there can be nothing permanent about a structure made of material in which such qualities are inherent. An illustration printed herewith is made from a photograph taken on the inside of a silo and shows the effect pro- duced by shrinking. No one will imagine for a mo- ment that such a silo would stand erect under
. Concrete silos; their advantages. Silos; Concrete construction. Concrete Silos 43 ill order to make the structure safe. When the hoops are so tightened, a single shower of rain will swell them, to such an extent that either the staves will buckle or the hoops will break. Of course, there can be nothing permanent about a structure made of material in which such qualities are inherent. An illustration printed herewith is made from a photograph taken on the inside of a silo and shows the effect pro- duced by shrinking. No one will imagine for a mo- ment that such a silo would stand erect under a mild wind. When a silo collapses it is a matter of consider- able expense to erect it again. No farmer will be satis- fied with a silo that requires such con- ! stant attention and is in such constant dan- ger. It is reported by The Twentieth Cen- tury Farmer that a wood stave silo was erected on the state fair grounds at Lin- coln, Neb., solely for exhibition purposes by a company- en- gaged in promoting the sah^ of just such silos. It may be taken for granted that it was erected in the best way possible, in strict accordance with the mechanical principles involved in proper erec-. Wood Stave Silo Displaced by Wind —Photo hy Coiirtesy of Virginia Apr. Exp. Station. 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 Hanson, Edward Smith, 1871- [from old catalog]. Chicago, The Cement era publishing company
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