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pond. For a pond lo x 24 ft. the cost would 

 be about as follows: 



LABOUR 



Excavating, i man, i day $ 2.00 



Mixing granitoid, sifting cinders, puddling, etc., 



I man, i day 2.00 



MATERIAL 



Cement and granite, also clay 30.00 



Total $34-00 



A ID X 24 ft. pond is of course, quite big, 

 and if one is satisfied with something on a 

 smaller scale, say 8x4 ft., the cost is reduced 

 considerably. 



HOME CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION 



In Country Life in America Mr. B. G. 

 Foster gives the following account of a small 

 tank of concrete construction: 



"With the assistance of a workman who 

 had some knowledge of mixing concrete, I 

 constructed a tank, the area of which at the 

 top is about four by eight feet. The tank is 



