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light pounder. This operation should be repeated 

 until the desired height is reached. The top 

 may be smoothed off with a ditching spade or 

 trowel, using the top board as a guide. 



The wall should be left until the cement is 

 hard, when the building may be placed upon it. 



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Fig. 32." Method of constructing a concrete wall. 



The boards at the side may be removed at any 

 time after the cement becomes hard. If old 

 boards have been used at the bottom it will not 

 pay to remove them. A concrete wall of this 

 kind may be constructed of cheap material and 

 with ordinary farm labor. 



Side walls. The side walls of poultry houses 

 are usually built of wood, which is- a compara- 



