Cement for the Farm. 



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GENERAL USES. 



Buildings — Concrete is useful as a building material for dwellings 

 and houses because of its adaptability to any form, fireproof qualities, 

 low insurance rates, low maintenance costs and stability. Concrete 

 in building construction is made as a monolith or solid wall, hollow 

 wall, hollow concrete blocks and stucco. 



The solid wall is used in the construction of large buildings, ware- 

 houses, barns and dwellings. Nine inch solid walls are sufficiently 

 thick for the ordinary 2-story dwelling. They may be of either plain 

 or reinforced concrete. Fig. No. 10. 



Figure 10. Monolith concrete farm home, rough finish, near Springfield, Mo. Farm 

 name, "Romania ;" owned by John and L. C. Baxter. 



Hollow wall construction consists of two 6-inch plain concrete 

 walls, or 4-inch walls if reinforced, about 3 or 4 inches apart, or open 

 space, and well tied together by concrete or steel bars. Reinforce- 

 ment is preferable in the thin walls. It is a more expensive method 

 than either that of solid walls or of concrete blocks. 



