Barbour County index., 1910-11-09
IMPORTANCE OF CONCRETE
DRAIN TILE ON FARM
Becomes With Age and Can Be Made
a S Those Made of Clay
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 il the -ears of SER
vice, thus causing broken tile and
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 abb
sorb water from the soil except at the
joints: while a concrete tile has all
the advantages of being porous and
yet fully as strong as the best vitri-
fled tile.
The simple machine illustrated with
this article may be built in any size
at a slight cost, and will enable any
one to make the best quality of con-
crete tile at a cost of So cents a rod
when made in the 4-inch size; II
cents a rod for 5-inch; 88 cents for
6-inch; $1.1O for S-inch; $165 for 9
inch; $1SS for 10-inch, and 1884 for
12-inch tile
The cost is based on sand at Is
cents a cubic yard; cement at 50 per
barrel; labor at 81 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 4-inch tile are made three-quar-
ters of an inch thick; the s. 6, and g.
inch tile are made one inch thick; the
and 10-inch are made l 3-8 inches
thick. and the 12-inch 11s 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 II 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
box form is built of two boards
IS inches long and inches wide
And two boards 1S inches long and 10
inches wide. These are Joined to-
gether to make a form, the inside
measurements being SxS 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
pipe "a inches long and inside same
place a 6-inch board 80 Inches long.
mailing securely as shown in the illus
tration. 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 a
small three-quarters-of- proiec-
tion or pin on same, which sets into
the holes bored in the pallet, thus in
suring the core being always in the
center of the form.
The pallets are made of any boards
larger than the form used for mold
ing the tile, and in the center is bored
three-quarter-inch hole to receive
the pin on the bottom OF 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 a
hole for the same and arrange so it
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,
I0nd the tile are left on the same for
Vat least As hours before removing,
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