Cement for the Farm. 



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"tailings" or by some "chats." This material is ground flint, 

 crushed to from double the size of a pea to fine sand. 



My forms were 2x12 inch plank, 16 feet long, held together by 

 yokes constructed of 2x4 pieces, nailed together at the top so they 

 could be slipped off to remove the forms. In building I would first 

 put in a course of field rock and then grout them in with a mortar 

 of cement and chats ; then another course, and so on, until the top 

 of the fence was reached, when I placed large boulders on the top 

 embedded in the mortar. Nothing but a sledge will knock them 

 off. The fence is 8 inches thick and 3I/2 feet high. The cement cost 

 me about 60 cents per rod. 



This fence Avas placed around an old wire fence which was not 

 disturbed, but the wire, posts and all were embedded in it. 



All my corner and gate posts are set in rock and grouted with 

 cement, and if this old world should ever turn over something will 

 be found sticking in it on this side. 



J. J. HARRISON, 



Webb City, Mo. 



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Figure 23. Cross section in construction of weighing scale, frame and box. 



SCALE FRAME AND BOX. 



The uses of cement around the farm home has been well de- 

 veloped through the community southwest of Monett, Mo. This is 

 largely due to Asa F. Wormington, who took up the work at odd 

 times of leisure from his farm work. Figs. 23 and 24 are of a weigh- 

 ing scale, frame, box and all built by him, among other things, for J. 

 F. Mermoud, which he describes as follows : 



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