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weather the post may be removed after 48 hours, but in cold weather 
a much longer time is required. 
In making poured posts in these molds exactly the same process 
is followed as with tamped posts in molds of the first class just de¬ 
scribed; with the exception that the mixture is not tamped and 
greater care must be exercised in preventing the reinforcement from 
being misplaced. 
Some forms of wood molds are made and used for the purpose 
of making poured posts only. Any desired form may be given to 
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the post by properly shaping the mold. This point, in favor of the 
wood mold, is an extremely important one, as it permits the post 
to be made of uniform size from the bottom to the ground line, but 
with a rapid taper from this point to the top. Then, too, the sides 
