Table 7 (Continued) 



Frequency per Frequency per 



Job 400 farms 1000 farms 



.7 Wagon seat 16 40. 



Lawn or porch seat 16 40. 



* hicken coop 15 37.5 



lu. Hammer handle 15 37.5 



tl. Hay rack 15 37.5 



42. Farm gate 13 32.5 



43. House ladder 13 32.5 

 H. Chicken brooder 12 30. 

 I."). Ice house 12 30. 

 ir>. Kitchen stool 12 30. 

 17. Sledge handle 11 27.5 

 Is Hatchet handle 11 27.5 



49. Yard gate 11 27.5 



50. Porch chair 11 27.5 



51. Hand sled 11 27.5 

 52 Vise handle 10 25. 



53. Miter box 10 25. 



54. Saw buck 10 25. 



The above table shows the kinds of work that were done 25 or more times 

 in 1000 cases. It covers 54 out of 122 kinds of work reported. 



Work in Cement and Concrete 



Construction Work. The Portland Cement Association and 

 similar organizations, the extension departments of state colleges, 

 the I'nited States Bureau of Agriculture, farm papers and other 

 agencies by means of literature, lantern slides, moving pictures 

 and demonstrations, have shown farmers the possibilities of the 

 building material concrete that largely aided the Romans in be- 

 coming the greatest builders of their age. 



Figure 5 shows graphically to what extent farmers in Penn- 

 sylvania are using the material. Almost a third of them use it 

 in floor work and in building foundations. The Figure also sho\v> 

 that out of nineteen objects or things listed only two are more 

 frequently done by mechanics than by the farmers themselves. 

 These' are cisterns and silos. This is probably due to the circular 

 form work involved in their construction. 



l'nder pioneer farming conditions, there was not the same need 

 for a permanent building material that there is today when the 

 design of farm structures has been greatly standardized, and when 

 the si/.e of farms and the- location of farmsteads is more stable. In 

 considering whether or not concrete- should be used in preference 

 to some other material, one must consider initial cost along with the 



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