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=_A Request_=
Should you find this book helpful in building with concrete, we would
consider it a favor to have you so inform us. Likewise, we would
appreciate a description (and a photograph if possible) of whatever you
have built in concrete.
In this way you will assist us in aiding others in the same way we hope
we have helped you.
If you do not fully understand any part of this book, or if you desire
further information, write us and we shall be glad to do anything else
we can.
CONCRETE
CONSTRUCTION
_for the_ HOME
_and the_ FARM
“CONCRETE FOR PERMANENCE”
1916
THE ATLAS PORTLAND CEMENT COMPANY
30 Broad Street, New York 134 So. LaSalle Street, Chicago
Philadelphia Boston St. Louis Minneapolis Des Moines
INDEX
=Special Index to Directions=
PAGE
Bank-run gravel, 13
Cleaning forms, 24
Definition of concrete, 9
Dry mixture, 13
Forms, 22-24
Gravel, 10, 13
Hand mixing, 17-21
Materials, 9, 10
Measuring boxes, 12
Measuring materials, 11-13
Medium mixture, 13
Mixing, 15-22
Natural mixture, 13-20
Placing, 25, 26
Portland cement, 9
Proportions, 11-13
Protection of concrete after placing, 26
Publications issued by the Association, 8
Quantities of materials, 21, 22
Reinforcement, 26, 27
Runs, 15
Sand as an aggregate, 9
Selecting lumber for forms, 23
Stone as an aggregate, 10
Tools, 15
Wet mixture, 13
=General Index=
PAGE
Acetylene gas house, 83-87
Alleyways, 41
Barns, 62
Barn approach, 60
Barn floors, 54-59
Barn foundations, 61, 62
Barnyard pavements, 47, 48
Base for machinery, 87-89
Bee cellars, 92, 93
Carriage house entrance, 39
Carriage washing floor, 42
Cellar steps and hatchway, 90, 91
Chimney, 50, 51
Chimney caps, 97
Cistern covers, 69
Cisterns, 68-70, 72-73
Coal house, 83-87
Cold-frame, 99, 100
Concrete in the country, 5-8
Corn crib floor, 53
Corner stones, 105
Cow barn floors, 55-58
Culverts, 108, 109
Cyclone cellar, 92-93
Dairy, 83-87
Dipping vats and tanks, 76-80
Dog kennel, 83-87
Drain tile outlet, 106
Drinking troughs and tanks, 74, 75
Driveway of concrete, 40, 41
Drop gutters, 54-59
Duck pond, 95
Engine base foundation, 87, 88
Engine house, 82-89
Entrance floor, 39
Farm buildings, 82-89
Feed cooker, 50, 51
Feeding floors, 43-45
Feeding troughs, racks and mangers, 49, 50
Fence posts, 104
Field rollers, 102
Field spring improvement, 70, 71
Floors, 39, 42, 45, 47, 48,
53-56, 58, 79, 82,
83, 87, 98
Foundation gutter, 35
Fruit cellars, 92, 93
Garbage receiver, 103
Gasoline engine base, 87, 88
Gate posts, 104, 105
Granary floors, 53
Gutters, 35
Hatchway for cellar steps, 90, 91
Hay cap weights, 103
Hen house, 94
Hens’ nests, 94
Hitching post, 104
Hog wallows, 52
Horse barn floors, 58, 59
Hot-bed, 99, 100
Housing for driven well, 67, 68
Hydraulic ram house, 89
Ice house, 83-87
Lawn roller, 102
Mangers, 49, 50, 57, 59
Manure pits and cisterns, 45
Milk house, 83-87
Milk vat, 81, 82
Nests for hens, 94
Old buildings and their repair, 36-38
Porch floor, 98, 99
Posts for fences and gates, 104
Posts, hitching, 104
Poultry house, 94
Ram house, 89
Repairs to farm buildings, 36-38
Retaining wall and steps, 96, 97
Roadways, 40, 41
Root cellar, 92, 93
Rollers, 102
Sanitary water supply, 67-75
Septic tanks, 110, 111
Sidewalks, 28-34
Silos, 65, 66
Small farm buildings, 82-89
Smoke house, 83-87
Snow fences, 63, 64
Spraying tanks, 107
Spring improvements, 70, 71
Steps, 90, 91, 96, 97
Stones, corner, 105
Survey monuments, 105
Swimming pool, 112
Tanks, 74, 75
Tarpaulin weights, 103
Tool house, 83-87
Trash burner, 103
Tree repair, 101
Troughs, 74, 75
Vegetable cellar, 92, 93
Walks, 28-34
Walk specifications, 29
Watering troughs, 74, 75
Weights for hay caps and tarpaulins, 103
Well cover, 69
Well protection, 67-70
Wind walls, 63, 64
Window hatch, 112
Wiring forms, 23