The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-11

easily and cheaply built of concrete This can be used for variety of pun poses, such as a milk-cooling cellar Tor the storing of roots and vege kables as we'll as any other use thu needs demand.
 The cellar shown in the illustration ks of handy size-eight by 12 foo floor space and six feet to the bottom of concrete roof beams. which art eight by eight inches.
 The walls are eight inches thick and the floor and roof four inches the roof being reinforced with quarter inch iron rods laid two to the foot each way.
 After excavating to depth of about five and one-half feet, build form of one-inch boards, ten inches wide. that Is exactly eight by twelve feet square and six feet eight inches high.
 Set this in the excavation, the edge of the earth to be the mold for the outside wall on three sides to the top of the ground level. Above the ground level build the form of boards for molding the outside edge of wall space for concrete to be eight inches
 For the front, or doorway, make a form three by six feet as casing to mold the doorway and set in place. Board up where needed outside this easing, which is eight inches thick, and boards may be nailed to same for outside wall.
 For the side walls of the stairway build forms as for the regular side walls and of a length of eight feet. If you want small landing at the foot of the stairway, the side walls may be eight inches thick, but if de- sired to make as cheaply as possible they may be built six inches thick.
 The forms for this should be the height of doorway at top, as shown in illustration, and then slope down ward IS inches, If the ground permits.
 As soon as side wall forms are in place fill with the concrete mixture, which is best made of one part Port land cement to two parts of fine sand and four parts of coarse gravel. This is tamped in thoroughly up to the top of the forms.
 Before the forms are entirely filled ,Dn the sides make three boxes eight inches square on the inside and eight feet long These are to hold the con- crete. Place three feet apart as shown in illustration, so the top edge ks even with top edge of side walls.
 Brace up from below to hold in place and fill with concrete and rein force with 314 inch iron rods. This enables the beams to bond with the side walls and so make them stronger. R0r the roof build four forms 3l inches wide by eight feet long. place with top edge even with top edge of beams in the four spaces between aseams and brace up from below to hold in place.
 cr,wer this lay about two inches of concrete and then place your reinforc- ing rods in position and cover with concrete until the roof is the required four inches thick.
 It is best to leave the side wall Forms in place, also the roof-beam forms, until the concrete on the walls and roof has begun to set or harden.
 This will require several days be- fore the permanent set is sure to have taken place. Then they must be re- moved so the cellar can be completed
 After forms are removed from the side walls lay your floor in cellar and also in landing, as illustration shows, Of ahe bottom of the floor may be of small stones of about two or three Inches in size, and over this con crete mixture poured and leyeled off.
 If care Is taken that the concrete is tamped down between the stone and that the top course of mortar is about IF inches thick at least, the floor will be as strong as If of solid concrete.
 This can also be applied to the walls, small stones of even six inches in diameter can be insterted in the mortar when forms are filled and thus : save the amount of cement used. and for this class of work the strength is ample for all needs and the expense of building Is materially leSsened.
 For the steps of the stairs set ar eight-inch board upright. 30 inches out from the doorway and brace in posi- [ ffon Fill the space with concrete tc a width of Is inches and depth o eeight inches.
 If you have not cut out the stairwa! in the earth as shown in the illustra ton, the step need be but four inches in thickness.
 As fast as one step is nodded nov the board or use another, placing | inches farther from the door. Thi will give the steps width of 12 inch es and 8 rise or eight inches until tn, top is reached.
 The work of building the steps cal he made easier If in excavating yos