Cement for the Farm. 



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WALKS, PORCH A^D FliOWER URN. 



This view (Fig. 25) of the side and south face of my residence 

 shows a concrete flower urn in an angle of the walks, a concrete 

 side porch and a small percentage of my concrete walks. 



This porch has a very strongly built floor. It is in one solid 

 concrete block, 4 inches thick, 9 feet wide and 16 feet long. It rests 

 upon 13 concrete pillars 2 feet high, those at the corners being 12x12 

 inches, the others 8x8. These pillars were moulded separately and 

 set up and plumbed on the foundation. 



An excavation to beloAv the frost line and to a solid bearing was 

 made for the foundation and filled with rock, small gravel and sand, 

 well tamped as it was placed. When this was done and the pillars 



Figure 25. South face of residence of J. F. Mermoud, Monett, Mo. 



set, a framework was built up out of 2x8 stuff to within 2 inches 

 of the top of the pillars, and a platform of 2-inch material built on 

 this framework to receive the floor. A 2x4 around the outside then 

 prepared the forms for the flooring. The concrete mixture was 1 

 part cement to 5 parts chats. 



J. F. MERMOUD, 



Monett, Mo. 



