. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 13 vHu; SvccDirr itnO -t^ortsnttm LOctobek 21, )V( 5 CEMENT FLOORS FOR STABLES. A cement floor is made in the same way cement sidewalks are laid. A many farmers who have been writing the writer seem to think that in preparing to lay cement feeding or should dig below frost Ml with broken rock, gi S to make a Arm foundation upon which the floor should rest. This is o need labor. Simply level the ground, or it" you desire to have the surface of the floor level with the surrounding ground you should dig four or five .inches deep. Hoard's Dairyman gives the pl
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 13 vHu; SvccDirr itnO -t^ortsnttm LOctobek 21, )V( 5 CEMENT FLOORS FOR STABLES. A cement floor is made in the same way cement sidewalks are laid. A many farmers who have been writing the writer seem to think that in preparing to lay cement feeding or should dig below frost Ml with broken rock, gi S to make a Arm foundation upon which the floor should rest. This is o need labor. Simply level the ground, or it" you desire to have the surface of the floor level with the surrounding ground you should dig four or five .inches deep. Hoard's Dairyman gives the plan for preparing the cement as follows: Use any standard brand of cement, and to one part of cement add seven parts of gravel, made up of good. nd and pebbles up to two Indies in diameter. Spread the gravel on a platform to an oven depth of a few inches, and upon this spread the cement evenly with shovels. Then work the cement thoroughly into the gravel by turning the two together sev- eral times, until the whole is a uni- form color. To this mixture add enough water to make it easily handled and so it will quake under 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 tamped in one hour after wetting The mixture must be turned several times after the water is added to make it evenly wet. The concrete is put in place in sec- tions, five inches deep and six feet wide, crossways of the stable floor. Commencing at one end, place a board five inches high, six feet from 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. Sec- tions 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 on the skim coat. This is made up of sand and cement in the proportion of t
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