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in with rock twelve to eighteen inches, tamped well, put on three 

 and one-half inches of concrete, and finished with one-half inch 

 mortar, one part cement and two parts sand. 



Our columns are square. Make a box the size you wish, nail 

 two strips across the top to keep from spreading, fill half full of 

 concrete, and tamp, then reinforce with bar of iron. (We used old 

 wagon tires.) Place bar in center, fill full, tamp, and smooth top. 

 Next day take off cleats and nail a board on top, nailing lightly (use 

 six-penny nails), then turn over, take off box and leave until it 

 hardens. If you do not tack board on top before turning you will 

 break the corners. When you set up columns put wooden caps on 

 top, and after you have them up you can cast a base around them. 



Where upper windows come over lower doors or windows, it 

 is best to reinforce the wall with iron bar, same as in columns, put- 

 ting in two bars. We put inside finish on outside doors and win- 

 dows before we plastered, then plastered onto cement walls. 



