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tile it drops out of the easing, it is either too dry or not sufficiently 

 tamped. In curing, the tiling must be kept damp by sprinkling 

 freely for from 3 to 5 days, and placed, -when first removed, on a 



Figure 33. Making cement tile. 



smooth solid surface. After about 12 hours they may be removed 

 and ricked up. Two men with this machine made 400 feet of 4-inch 

 tiling in 10 hours, 



L. T. DUNAWAY, M. D., 



Caplinger Mills, Mo. 



CEMENT BLOCK SILO. 



We have been using cement for the past six or seven years in 

 stable floors and also in a one room solid wall (1 ft. thick, w^hich 

 we consider too thick) concrete house. For all purposes in farm 

 buildings, w^e consider it the most satisfactory building material 

 and the cheapest, when the saving in painting and general upkeep is 

 taken into account. 



Two years ago we erected a silo 17x40 (Fig. 34) of cement 

 blocks 8x8x24, made on a Miles machine. These blocks are faced 

 with a I/O inch of 1 to 2 mixture, while the body of the block is 1 to 6, 

 using ordinary creek gravel as the aggregate. 



Cement mortar was used in the wall and an ordinary two-point 

 galvanized barb wire as a reinforcement to take the strain of the 

 settling silage. The silo has proven entirely satisfactory in every 

 way and is an ornament to any farm. 



AVe are rather at sea on the cost. All the work except the lay- 



