The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1910-11-03
IMPORTANCE OF CONCRETE
DRAIN TIE ON FARM
Beeomes Harder Stronger Age Can Be Made
Porous Those Made Of Clay
Retains Its Shape.

Concrete tile become harder and
stronger with age and may be made
as porous as clay tile; In comparison
the clay tile becomes water.soaked
and disintegrates in the years Of SER
vice, thus causing broken tile and a
useless drain.
This Is easily demonstrated by Ia
king up concrete tile and clay tile that
have been imbedded In the ground;
while the former are as strong as one
could wish and lift easily, the clay
are brittle. and must be handled with
extreme care to prevent breakage.
Again. to employ vitrified clay tile
Is to make drain that does not alb
sorb water from the soil except at the
joints; while a concrete tile hat all
the advantages Of being porous and
yet fully as strong as the best vitri.
fed tile.
The simple machine illustrated with
this article may be built In any size
at slight cost, and will enable any.
one to make the best quality Of con.
crete tile at cost of IS cents a rod
when made In the finch size; n
cents rod for 5-inch: IS cents for
6-inch; $l.10 for S.inch; sl.s5 for o.
inch; Sl.SS for 10.inch, and 1854 for
12.inch tile.
The cost is based on sand at rs
cents cubic yard; cement at 81 per
barrel; labor at 50 a day. The tile
are made as strong as possible. using
one part cement to three parts of the
gravel, which will give them all the
strength needed for any service.
The finch tile are made three-quar.
tiers of an inch thick; the s. 6, and s.
Inch tile are made one inch thick; the
8 and 10-inch are made l 3.S inches
thick. and the 12.inch III inches
thick.
In this manner you can estimate
the cost of your drain and easily com.
pare with the cost of clay tile Of the
same size.
BY employing the proper methods
for handling concrete in the winter.
you may employ your spare time
during the winter in making this
much.needed article on the farm. and
thus save the cost Of labor, which is
the greatest item In the above table
OF costs. averaging from A to n cents
per rod Of tile.
The machine explained In this arti
Gle Is one making a 6.inch tile, and
from this explanation any other tile
may be easily constructed.
A box form Is built OF two boards
IS inches long and inches wide.
And two boards IS inches long and 10
inches wide. These are Joined to.
gether to make , form, the inside
measurements benz SKIS inches and
is inches high.
Fasten these boards together with
two hinges at each OF three corners,
and the fourth corner fasten with
two hooks and eyelets as shown In
the Illustration; this allows the ma.
chine to be folded back from the tile
without injury.
Now nail In each corner Of this box
some three-cornered or beveled strips
Is inches long. but nail to Just one
side Of board only. which will hold
them In place and yet allow the ma.
chine to fold back from the work
easily.
For the core take 6.inch stove.
pipe "a inches long and inside same
place 6-inch board 30 inches long,
mailing securely as shown In the illus.
trution. The top Of this board Is cut
to make a handle to draw out the
core. as illustrated.
The bottom is cut down to leave e
small three.quarters-of.an-inch projec.
ton or pin on same. which sets into
the holes bored In the pallet, thus In.
surfing the core being always in the
center OF the form.
Inc pallets are made OF any boards
larger than the form used for mold.
Ing the tile. and in the center is bored
a three.quarter.inch hole to receive
the pin on the bottom oil the board In
the core.
The outside part OF the mold is
held In position by four iron pins or
spikes. These are placed by setting
the casing in the correct position on
the pallet and then on each side mark
where the pin is to be placed. bore
hole for the same and arrange SO II
can be easily inserted and removed. :,
Small bolts or spikes will do for this
purpose.
A pallet is prepared for as many
tile as you wish to make each day,
and the tile are left on the same for