Madison (Wis.). Mayor: Correspondence and Subject Files, 1921-1969, 1997-2011

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Tape/Side   5/1
Time   04:30
WHY SPRECHER DECIDES TO BUILD CEMENT STAVE-SILO
Scope and Content Note: Hard to get wooden-stave silo; convinced by neighbor, a sales- man, to buy one of cement-staves. Built at cost of less than $1,000; later silo cost over $13,000. Considered buying Harvestore silo in 1960s but cost $7,000-$8,000 more than cement-stave structure.