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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The floor of the lower story is of cement, set, in general, 4 inches 

 below the top of the foundation wall. In each of the box stalls the 

 floor drops y^ inch from the edges to the center. Fig. 11 shows the 

 floor arrangement in the carriage room for washing vehicles. In this 

 there is a drop of 1 inch for the purpose of carrying water, used in 

 washing, to the sewer. 



Fig. 13 shows the modification in the cement floor for the horse 

 stalls. 



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Fig. 12. 



The manner of building the floor may be of interest. That portion 

 occupied by the carriage room and box stalls is built in the ordinary 

 way: i. e., in sections, using forms built of 2x4's. The tops of these 

 forms determine or establish the surface of the floor and must, there- 

 fore, be carefully set. The lower or coarse layer is of coarse gravelly 

 sand, and cement in the proportions of seven to one. The finishing layer 

 is of screened sand and cement in the proportions of two to one. 



In putting in the rest of the floor, the ])iers carrying the rear post 

 and partitions of the stalls (marked 2 in Fig. 14) were first laid. To 

 accomplish this a plank form was used. This form was made sufficiently 

 deep to mold the pier to slightly below the bottom of the gutter in the 

 the rear and to slightlv below the floor on the sides and front end. 



