. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. How to Build Feeding Floors.—Feed- ing floors are merely several side- walks laid side by side, and the same general rules of construction apply to them. Choose a site in the lot where the ground is slightly sloping, well drained and wind-protected, and con- venient to feed and water. Drainage Foundation.—Excavate to a depth of 12 inches for the drainage foundation around the outside edges of the entire floor dig a trench 12 inches wide and IS inches deep. (This trench, filled with concrete, prevents hog wallows from undermining the floor and keeps the rats fro
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. How to Build Feeding Floors.—Feed- ing floors are merely several side- walks laid side by side, and the same general rules of construction apply to them. Choose a site in the lot where the ground is slightly sloping, well drained and wind-protected, and con- venient to feed and water. Drainage Foundation.—Excavate to a depth of 12 inches for the drainage foundation around the outside edges of the entire floor dig a trench 12 inches wide and IS inches deep. (This trench, filled with concrete, prevents hog wallows from undermining the floor and keeps the rats from nesting under it). Fill all of this space (ex- cept the trench) to the natural ground level with well tamped coarse gravel, crushed rock, tile culls or brickbats. This fill forms the drain- age foundation as for sidewalks. Grading the Floor.—The floor must be graded or sloped so that water will not collect on it in the winter and so that the manure washings may be caught by the gutters and run to the water tight concrete manure pit. To shape the gutter, make a mold or templet by rounding the corners on the flat side of a 6-foot length of 4 by 6-inch timber). A gentle slope, to- ward the low corner, of 1-S to H of an inch for each foot of length or width is sufficient. This is secured by the use of a heavy grade stake at each corner of the floor, a straight edge or a grade line, and a spirit level. It is an advantage to have a feed- ing floor its full thickness above ground. Make light floors 4 inches and floors subject to heavy loads 6 inches thick. For the forms use 2- incb lumber of a width equal to the niodate 50 hogs. Materials Required. Crushed rock or screened gravel, 20 cubic yards, @ § $ Sand. 10 cubic yards @ Portland cement, 28 barrels (5 $ Mixing the concrete by hand. 5 men can easily finish this floor in two Concrete Barnyards.—The advan- tages of concrete floors so appealed to the farmers who first built them Tha
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