. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. Cement for the Farm. 435 WALKS, PORCH A^D FliOWER URN. This view (Fig. 25) of the side and south face of my residence shows a concrete flower urn in an angle of the walks, a concrete side porch and a small percentage of my concrete walks. This porch has a very strongly built floor. It is in one solid concrete block, 4 inches thick, 9 feet wide and 16 feet long. It rests upon 13 concrete pillars 2 feet high, those at the corners being 12x12 inches, the others 8x8. These pil
. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. Cement for the Farm. 435 WALKS, PORCH A^D FliOWER URN. This view (Fig. 25) of the side and south face of my residence shows a concrete flower urn in an angle of the walks, a concrete side porch and a small percentage of my concrete walks. This porch has a very strongly built floor. It is in one solid concrete block, 4 inches thick, 9 feet wide and 16 feet long. It rests upon 13 concrete pillars 2 feet high, those at the corners being 12x12 inches, the others 8x8. These pillars were moulded separately and set up and plumbed on the foundation. An excavation to beloAv the frost line and to a solid bearing was made for the foundation and filled with rock, small gravel and sand, well tamped as it was placed. When this was done and the pillars. Figure 25. South face of residence of J. F. Mermoud, Monett, Mo. set, a framework was built up out of 2x8 stuff to within 2 inches of the top of the pillars, and a platform of 2-inch material built on this framework to receive the floor. A 2x4 around the outside then prepared the forms for the flooring. The concrete mixture was 1 part cement to 5 parts chats. J. F. MERMOUD, Monett, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Missouri. State Board of Agriculture. Jefferson City, Mo. : Missouri State Board of Agriculture
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