128 Re-inforced Concrete for Farm and Estate Purposes. 



Almost the only timber used is in the roof, and uU of it is 

 coated with Carbolineuni as a precaution against dry rot. Thf 

 roof covering consists of the asbestos and cement "Etei-nit"" 

 tiles, which Mr. Geldart finds satisfactory in every way. 

 Certainly they are light, cheap, easily laid, and apparently 

 dura1)le, but it must be admitted that their smoothness and 

 extreme thinness combine to produce a roof upon which the 

 eye does not rest with any consideralde sense of pleasure. 



All partitions, .stall divisions, mangers, |&c., are built of 

 re-inforced concrete and form part of the structure, for, even 



Fig. 5.~Uhurch Farm. Preston Gubbalds. Small cowshed, showing concrete joist 



floor over. 



where special provision is not made for these things when 

 erecting the walls, the concrete is so easily cut or pierced whilst 

 still " green " that junctions are readily effected. The floors are 

 also of concrete, and as they are made up to all fittings with 

 rounded angles there is no lodgment for rats, or other vermin, 

 no corners that cannot easily be cleaned out and disinfected, 

 and nothing in contact with the floors likely to decay. Mr. 

 Geldart has several clever devices for making connections of all 

 soi'ts, and for settinl^ the various fittings of the buildings. For 

 example, screws and bolts are provided for by wa-apping wire 

 round the threads and then putting the whole in the desired 



