. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Saturday, November 7, 1908.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 MAKING CEMENT FLOORS. A cement floor, is made in the same way cement sidewalks are laid. A great many farmers seem to think that in pre- paring to lay cement feeding or barn floors they should dig below frost point and fill with broken rocks, gravel or cin- ders to make a firm foundation upon which the floor should rest. This is a needless waste of time and labor. Sim- ply level the. ground or, if you desire to have the surface of the floor level with the surrounding ground, you should dig four or five i
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Saturday, November 7, 1908.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 MAKING CEMENT FLOORS. A cement floor, is made in the same way cement sidewalks are laid. A great many farmers seem to think that in pre- paring to lay cement feeding or barn floors they should dig below frost point and fill with broken rocks, gravel or cin- ders to make a firm foundation upon which the floor should rest. This is a needless waste of time and labor. Sim- ply level the. ground or, if you desire to have the surface of the floor level with the surrounding ground, you should dig four or five inches deep. Hoard's Dairy- man gives the plan for preparing the ce- ment as follows: Use any standard brand of cement, and to one part of cement add seven parts of gravel, made up of good, coarse sharp sand and pebbles up to two inches in [diameter. Spread the gravel on a platform to an even depth of a few inches, and upon this spread the cement evenly with shovels. Then work the ce- ment thoroughly into the gravel by turn- ing the two together several times, until the mass is of uniform color. To this mixture ad_d enough water to make it easily handled, and so it will quake un- der the tamper and the water flush to the surface, when tamping is complete. Do not wet the mixture until ready to use it, and the suggestion is made to have it in place and tramped in one hour after wetting. The -mixture must be turned several times after the water is addedjo make it evenly wet. The con- crete is put in place in sections, five inches deep and six inches wide, cross- ways of the stable floor. Commencing at one end, place a board five inches high, five feet irom the end, and fill the sections to the full depth as you go along. - -When one section is filled and thoroughly tamped until it quakes, move your board ahead six feet and fill in the fresh space. Sections may be less than six feet wide, but should not be more. When the concrete is in place and is still green, you are ready to put
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