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If  You  Build  With 
Good  Concrete 
“Because  of  its  moderate  cost,  its  durability,  and  the  ease  with  which 
it  is  handled/'  says  the  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 
“concrete  has  become  one  of  the  leading  building  materials  of  the  day. 
“The  sand  and  gravel  used  in  making  concrete  must  be  clean.  The 
scientific  tests  of  cement  are  too  complicated  and  expensive  for  the 
small  consumer.  Many  brands  of  Portland  Cement  are  on  the  market 
from  which  the  farmer  should  select  some  well-known  make, 
guaranteed  by  the  local  dealer  to  meet  the  standard  specifications  for 
cement  of  the  United  States  Government.” 
You  can  make  sure  of  the  highest  quality  in  your  concrete  work  by 
following  the  Governments  advice  as  to  sand  and  gravel  and  using 
The  Hourly 
Guaranteed 
PORTLAND 
Help  in  figuring  the  quantity  of  cement  you 
will  need  for  your  improvements  will  be 
given  gladly  by  your  local  ALPHA  dealer. 
If  you  are  thinking  of  building  a  garage, 
barn,  poultry  house,  green-house,  corn  crib, 
small  dam,  dairy  house,  or  porch  floors  and 
steps,  he  will  secure  valuable  free  plans  for 
you.  He  will  also  be  glad  to  give  you  the 
80-page  book,  "ALPHA  Cement — How 
to  Use  It,”  which  tells  how  to  make  the 
improvements  illustrated  on  this  page  and 
dozens  of  others.  If  you  do  not  know  the 
ALPHA  dealer  in  your  community,  write 
us,  mentioning  what  you  are  planning  to 
make  or  build.  Address  Dept.  R. 
is  tested  hourly  arid  guar¬ 
anteed,  it  costs  no  more  than  any  other  standard  cement. 
ALPHA  PORTLAND  CEMENT  COMPANY 
General  Offices:  Easton,  Pa. 
Sales  Offices :  New  York,  Philadelphia,  Boston,  Pittsburgh,  Baltimore,  Savannah 
every  bag  of  which  is  warranted  to  more 
than  meet  the  U.  S.  Government  require¬ 
ments  and  every  other  recognized  test. 
The  scientific  tests  that  insure  the  high 
binding-power  of  ALPHA  Cement  are 
made  every  hour,  day  and  night,  by  experi¬ 
enced  chemists.  They  insure  accurate 
proportioning  of  the  raw  materials,  thorough 
burning  and  uniformly  fine  grinding.  Every 
pound  of  cement  leaving  an  ALPHA  plant 
must  be  pure  and  of  full  strength  to  be 
worthy  of  bearing  the  pioneer  brand  that 
for  25  years  has  stood  among  engineers 
and  architects  as  representing  the  high- 
water  mark  of  quality. 
Although  ALPHA  Cement 
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