Cement for the Farm. 



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by turning three times, and after water was added, the mixture 

 was turned twice. Mr. Crowell considers concrete the best and 

 cheapest foundation material available there. Experiments made 

 indicate that a mixture of one part cement to seven parts sand could 

 be made into cement blocks suitable for foundations at a cost here 

 of ten cents for a block 14"xl4"x6". 



FENCE POSTS AND WATER TROUGH. 



I have concrete fence posts on my place that are made of 1 part 

 cement, 2 parts sand and 3 parts gravel. They are reinforced with 

 two strands of No. 9 wire or old barbed wire. The cement and sand 

 were mixed together dry, the gravel then added and mixed, when 

 water was added sufficient to make it the consistency of stiff mortar. 

 My fence post moulds are made of 3 pieces of 2x4 timber and one 

 2-inch plank. The cement alone cost me about six (6) cents per post. 



An open water-trough, built of concrete, about 200 feet long, 

 with a good fall to carry off waste water from the house, is one of the 

 best structures I have on the place. 



JULIUS ALBRECHT, 



Commerce, Mo. 



Figure 21. Concrete porch pillars and floor, J. F. Short, California, Mo.; 12x26 

 feet on one side of building-, 5x15 on other. Highest point from ground, 6 feet; cir- 

 cular pillars, 36 inches in circumference. Floor 5 inches thick, one solid piece, rein- 

 forced with %-inch twisted bars. 



TW^O-STORY RESIDENCE. 



In the summer of 1906 I built a two story residence 28x38 feet. 

 It was boxed and then covered with expanded metal lath, on which 

 was applied a coating of mortar of 1 part cement to 2 parts sand. 

 The mortar was of a consistency that it could be applied with a 

 trowel. It is very satisfactory. 



