Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-12

inOIc Sd1u IIldH necessary 10 I'LL the
voids in the gravel and then adding to
the mixture of sand and gravel enough
cement to a little more than fill the
voids in the entire mixture.
The mixing platform should be 10 or
IL feet wide, and may be made from
one or two inch boards 10 to IL feet
long and may be laid directly on the
ground, VIII ch has been previously
leveled. A few stakes may be driven
on each side to keep the boards in
place.
/ For proportioning the concrete it is
usually accurate enough to assume that
a sack of cement holds one cubic foot.
Thus in making 1928 mixture, we
would use one sack of cement, two Gu
bic feet of sand and three cubic feet of
gravel, or, for four sacks of cement we
would use eight cubic feet of sand and
twelve cubic feet of gravel.
If the contents of the wheelbarrow
used is known, this can be used to
measure the proportions. If not, a
| good plan is to make box to feet
! square and IL inches deep, but without
| top or bottom. This can then be placed
on the platform and sand or gravel in
the proper amount can be placed in it.
Simply lifting the box away will leave
the sand or gravel on the platform
ready for mixing.
In mixing, the sand should first be
spread on the platform to a depth of
three to five inches. Empty the desir-
ed number of sacks of cement on top of
the sand and turn dry with a shovel
until thoroughly mixed when the whole
mass will have uniform color. The
required amount of gravel should now
be added on top of the sand and cement,
the whole turned over once day, and
the turning continue until the whole
mass is thoroughly mixed, and of
rather shiny nature. The amount of
water needed will depend largely on
the nature and dryness of the sand and
gravel and can best be determined by
adding the water with bucket rather
slowly to the first batch until the prop
er consistency has been attained.
For most farm work a fairly wet
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flush to the surface quite readily on
tamping, is preferred.
For making fence posts, drain tile,
ETC., where specified forms are used, a
drier mixture is to be preferred. In
general it may be said that the dryer
the mixture the more ramming or
tamping is required. But in no case
should the tamping be neglected.
Enough ramming should always be
done to insure that the mass is as dense
as it is possible to make it.
Suggestions for Commission.
At meeting of the agricultural
faculty of the Oregon Agricultural
College on November 30. the request
o. President Roosevelt's Country Life
Commission for suggestions that
might aid the commission in making
its report was discussed and the fol-
lowing statement prepared:
If federal appropriations are to be
made for improving social and
economic conditions in rural COM
munities, it is recommended. first,
that they be made to existing high
schools and normal schools for the
purpose of maintaining courses of in
struction in agricultural, industrial
and domestic arts, and including bust
ness methods and home sanitation, so
that all public school teachers may
have the training necessary for teach
ing those subjects in the public
schools.
Second, that in order to secure the
full efficiency of the agricultural COL
leges and experiment stations, the ma
tional government should cooperate
with the states in agricultural exten-
sion work, this work to be under the
direct supervision of the agricultural
colleges. With an adequate appropri-
alton comprehensive system of trav-
cling agricultural schools, farmers
institutes and free circulating Libraries
could be maintained, and publications
ssued for free distribution so that all
important discoveries of the expert
ment stations could be given to every
farTer of every state.