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Concrete Construction for the Home and the Farm

INDEX

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Special Index to Directions

PAGE

Bank-run gravel, 13

Cleaning forms, 24

Definition of concrete, 9

Dry mixture, 13

Forms, 22-24

Gravel, 10, 13

Hand mixing, 17-21

Materials, 9,10

Measuring boxes, 12

Measuring materials, 11-13

Medium mixture, 13

Mixing, 15-22

Natural mixture, 13-20

Placing, 25, 26

Portland cement, 9

Proportions, 11-13

Protection of concrete after placing, 26

Publications issued by the Association, 8

Quantities of materials, 21, 22

Reinforcement, 26, 27

Runs, 15

Sand as an aggregate, 9

Selecting lumber for forms, 23

Stone as an aggregate, 10

Tools, 15

Wet mixture, 13

General Index

PAGE

Acetylene gas house, 83-87

Alleyways, 41

Barns, 62

Barn approach, 60

Barn floors, 54-59

Barn foundations, 61, 62

Barnyard pavements, 47, 48

Base for machinery, 87-89

Bee cellars, 92, 93

Carriage house entrance, 39

Carriage washing floor, 42

Cellar steps and hatchway, 90, 91

Chimney, 50, 51

Chimney caps, 97

Cistern covers, 69

Cisterns, 68-70, 72-73

Coal house, 83-87

Cold-frame, 99, 100

Concrete in the country, 5-8

Corn crib floor, 53

Corner stones, 105

Cow barn floors, 55-58

Culverts, 108, 109

Cyclone cellar, 92-93

Dairy, 83-87

Dipping vats and tanks, 76-80

Dog kennel, 83-87

Drain tile outlet, 106

Drinking troughs and tanks, 74, 75

Driveway of concrete, 40, 41

Drop gutters, 54-59

Duck pond, 95

Engine base foundation, 87, 88

Engine house, 82-89

Entrance floor, 39

Farm buildings, 82-89

Feed cooker, 50, 51

Feeding floors, 43-45

Feeding troughs, racks and mangers, 49, 50

Fence posts, 104

Field rollers, 102

Field spring improvement, 70, 71

Floors, 39, 42, 45, 47, 48,

53-56, 58, 79,

82, 83, 87, 98

Foundation gutter, 35

Fruit cellars, 92, 93

Garbage receiver, 103

Gasoline engine base, 87, 88

Gate posts, 104, 105

Granary floors, 53

Gutters, 35

Hatchway for cellar steps, 90, 91

Hay cap weights, 103

Hen house, 94

Hens’ nests, 94

Hitching post, 104

Hog wallows, 52

Horse barn floors, 58, 59

Hot-bed, 99, 100

Housing for driven well, 67, 68

Hydraulic ram house, 89

Ice house, 83-87

Lawn roller, 102

Mangers, 49, 50, 57, 59

Manure pits and cisterns, 45

Milk house, 83-87

Milk vat, 81, 82

Nests for hens, 94

Old buildings and their repair, 36-38

Porch floor, 98, 99

Posts for fences and gates, 104

Posts, hitching, 104

Poultry house, 94

Ram house, 89

Repairs to farm buildings, 36-38

Retaining wall and steps, 96, 97

Roadways, 40, 41

Root cellar, 92, 93

Rollers, 102

Sanitary water supply, 67-75

Septic tanks, 110, 111

Sidewalks, 28-34

Silos, 65, 66

Small farm buildings, 82-89

Smoke house, 83-87

Snow fences, 63, 64

Spraying tanks, 107

Spring improvements, 70, 71

Steps, 90, 91, 96, 97

Stones, corner, 105

Survey monuments, 105

Swimming pool, 112

Tanks, 74, 75

Tarpaulin weights, 103

Tool house, 83-87

Trash burner, 103

Tree repair, 101

Troughs, 74, 75

Vegetable cellar, 92, 93

Walks, 28-34

Walk specifications, 29

Watering troughs, 74, 75

Weights for hay caps and tarpaulins, 103

Well cover, 69

Well protection, 67-70

Wind walls, 63, 64

Window hatch, 112

Wiring forms, 23

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