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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



CONCRETE GARBAGE BURNERS. 



An Effective and Durable Device for the Destruc- 

 tion of Trash and Debris. 



The best way to get rid of garbage and all com 

 bustible trash is to burn it, and the most satisfac 

 tory way to burn it is to construct a con- 

 crete stove or trash burner of the type 

 shown in the accompanying illustrations. 



Concrete stoves of this character may 

 be placed at any convenient location and 

 if it is found necessary to build them in 

 some conspicuous spot, they may be deco- 

 rated with some simple design if con- 

 structed in the urn-like form shown in 

 Fig. 1. 



These concrete stoves may be used 

 with open top and kettle for heating or 

 cooking food for poultry and live stock 

 as well as for burning garbage and other 

 trash. They are most convenient to have 

 about the home or on the farm. 



To build a garbage burner of the 

 type shown in Fig. 1, dig out the dirt to 

 the depth of six inches. For forms 

 choose two barrels, one of which will set 

 within the other with a clearance on all 

 sides of six inches. Adjust the height by 

 cutting off their butts. Make an opening 

 through which a metal ash box can be in- 

 serted or over which an iron door can be 

 hung. Fill the foundation hole and the 

 forms with 1 :2 :4 concrete. Remove the 

 outside form after two weeks. The fire 

 will later take care of the inner form. 

 After three weeks the burner may be 

 used. Briefly described, this furnace is 

 a cone-shaped structure 5 feet in diame- 

 ter, 4 feet high, with 8-inch walls and 24- 

 inch screened openings. The fire-box or 

 ash-box is 12 by 14 inches. 



Another type of burner is shown in 

 Fig. 2. This furnace, in a word, consists 

 of an old grate, a second-hand iron door 

 and a length of terra cotta drain pipe for 

 a chimney or pipe. It is cheap and will 

 last forever, s in the case of the first 

 burner described, it may be constructed 

 with a flat top and opening therein for a 

 large coking kettle. With the front door 

 and grate at a higher level it would make 

 an excellent outdoor grill for a permanent 

 camp or country estate. 



To the man of mechanical turn, work- 

 ing in concrete is play. Given a quantity 

 of Portland cement, he merely adds 

 thereto twice as much sand and four or 

 five times as much crushed stone or 

 gravel. When the mass is thoroughly 

 mixed and wet to the consistency of mor- 

 tar, or to the degree that it can be poured 

 into a mold, he has a plastic material 

 which becomes as hard as iron when it 

 has thoroughly set and seasoned. As a 

 humorist expressed it, "the tooth of time 

 goes to the dentist when it tackles con- 

 crete," the latter being the name of the 

 above mixture. 



To make anything of concrete, molds of wood, 

 plaster or iron are used, the wet mixture being 

 poured or tamped into the forms or molds. 



As stated, this convenient device, with its 

 water-shedding nature, is indestructible. Rain and 

 frost do not affect it, and it will never rust, disinte- 

 grate or decay. It is so simple that any person of 

 mechanical bent should be able to build one. 



Figure 1. 



Figure 8. 



