. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. Cement for the Farm. 437 size. A piece of round wood 3 inches in diameter was placed upright in the center of the bowl to provide an opening for the iron pin left in the stem. Another piece of wood, 1 inch in diameter, was placed to one side for the drain hole. Each piece of wood was greased with lard and wrapped with paper to make doubly sure they could be re- moved without injury to the concrete. The bottom of this bowl is made 3 inches thick and tapers off on the sides
. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. Cement for the Farm. 437 size. A piece of round wood 3 inches in diameter was placed upright in the center of the bowl to provide an opening for the iron pin left in the stem. Another piece of wood, 1 inch in diameter, was placed to one side for the drain hole. Each piece of wood was greased with lard and wrapped with paper to make doubly sure they could be re- moved without injury to the concrete. The bottom of this bowl is made 3 inches thick and tapers off on the sides to 2 inches at the rim. It is 5 inches deep on the inside. The stem was set into the green concrete of the well platform, or covering, and mortar worked around the foot of the stem till secure and shapely. After this had set the wooden plugs were re- moved from the bowl, set on the stem and mortar worked and tamped in the opening left by the larger plug and around the iron connecting pin until even and smooth with the interior of the bowl. WASH MONTGOMERY, Monett, Figure 26. Inside skeleton frame for cellar as built at McCormicks. CYCLONE CELLAR. This cyclone cellar (Fig. 26), built by Mr. Wormington for the family of Andy McCormiek, has a floor 7x10 feet x 5 inches thick; walls 4% feet high x 12 inches thick; roof is a half circle 12 inches thick, reinforced with 10 wagon tires 15 feet long. The entrance has steps of 12-inch tread and are 12 inches thick, with siclewalls 8 inches thick. The mixture is 1 part cement to 6 parts chats, coated on inside and outside with 1 part cement to 2 parts sand. The reinforcement cost $ delivered. Cement cost 43 cents per sack delivered. Sand cost 10 cents per bushel delivered. Chats cost 10 cents per 100 pounds delivered. Haul is 214 miles from Monett. The total cost was $ The ground plan of the concrete cellar (Fig. 27), built by Mr. Wormington for Robt. Teel of near Monett, Mo., is 10x14 feet out- side dimensions. The side
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