Radford's practical barn plans : being a complete collection of practical, economical and common-sense plans of barns, out buildings and stock sheds . torywill be the meat. The plans shown ofCA147) is for a house constructed of ce-ment blocks. It should be placed conveni-ently near the house on a raise of groundand a foundation started below the frostline. A trench should be dug, say 3/ feetdeep partly filled with concrete made ofone part of Portland cement, two and one-half parts sand and five parts of broken stone or gravel, ramming or puddling care-fully. If plenty sand may be convenientlyh
Radford's practical barn plans : being a complete collection of practical, economical and common-sense plans of barns, out buildings and stock sheds . torywill be the meat. The plans shown ofCA147) is for a house constructed of ce-ment blocks. It should be placed conveni-ently near the house on a raise of groundand a foundation started below the frostline. A trench should be dug, say 3/ feetdeep partly filled with concrete made ofone part of Portland cement, two and one-half parts sand and five parts of broken stone or gravel, ramming or puddling care-fully. If plenty sand may be convenientlyhad, it would be a good plan to secure ablock machine and have the blocks madeon the ground. In making the concreteblocks, use a mixture of one part Port-land cement, two and one-half partssand and five parts of crushed stone The use of crushed stone orcoarse material for the back of the blocksaves a great deal of cement and at the BARN PLANS 47 same time gives a much better block thanwhere sand and cement alone are made of sand and cement aloneand merely dampened are not concreteblocks, but on the contrary are simply sand. blocks. The very term of concrete sug-gests coarse material and plenty of care should be taken in mixing thedifferent aggregates and they should bemixed thoroughly dry and after they havebeen thoroughly mixed add water. Afterthe blocks have been made they shouldbe set aside to be cured, and while cur-ing, they should be sprayed thoroughlyfrom seven to ten days. This sprayingshould commence about twelve hours afterthe block has been made. Blocks shouldnever be used in building until they arefrom twenty to thirty days old. Farm cured meats are a great luxury ifthe hogs are properly grown on a house like this and good pork tostart with, a farmer can supply his tablewith good home-made bacon, hams andshoulders the year round. The best smoke is made from green maple wood. Probably clean corn cobscome next. With a smo
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