In concrete the farmer and ranchman have found an ideal floor material.
Such floors not only effect a saving in feed, a shortening in the
time of fattening and a decrease in labor, but also afford perfect
protection to the health of the animal. Concrete floors do not soak up
water and therefore cannot become infected with disease germs. Their
surfaces can be easily cleaned and thoroughly disinfected with oils
and dips. Rats cannot nest under them. Careful tests have shown that
concrete floors, through the saving of grain and manure alone, pay for
themselves in the short period of one year.