The Jackson herald., 1910-11-10

stronger with age and may be made
~ porous a. clay tile; In comparison
the clay tile becomes watsreoAked
and disintegrates in the ysArs q ser
vice. thus causing broken tile and .
useless drain.
This u easily demonstrated By To-
king up concrete tile and clay tile that
have been imbedded In the ground:
while the former are ~ strong ~ one
could wish and lift easily, the clay
are brittle. and must be handled with
extreme caro- to prevent brsakage.
Again, to employ vitrined clay tile
70 to make a drain that does not alb
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 az the best vitrl-
6ed 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 cost OF IS cents a rod
cents rod for 5-inch sS cents for
6-inch; s1.1O for S-inch; sl.65 for O.
inch; si.SS for 1einch. and s2.64 for
12inch tile.
The cost is based on sand at rs
cents a cubic yard; cement at 81 per
barrel; labor at 81 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 4.inch tile are made three-quar.
ters Of an inch thick; the 8, 8, and 8.
inch tile are made one inch thick; the
. and 10-inch are made 1 3-S inches
thick. and the 12-inch ~ 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 tho proper methods
Tor 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 ia
the greatest item In the above table
Of costs. averaging from ~ 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.
A box form is built OF two boards
is inches long and : inches wide.
And two boards IS inches long and 10
] lnA 4Ai 80
/ gether TO make 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 boz
some three-cornered or beveled strips
ls 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 wori
easily.
TUT tut Ooic tthc o-ihSh etONt
pipe "a inches long and inside same
place a 6-inoh 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 th'
core. as illustrated.
The bottom Is cut down to leave {
small three-quarters-of-an. projec
ton or pin on same. which sets int
the holes bored In the pallet. thus in
suring the core being always in tn,
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 boret
three-quarter-inch hole to receiv,
the pin on the bottom OF the board II
the core.
The outside part OF the mold 4
held in position by four iron pins o
spikes. These are placed by settinl
the casing in the correct position ol
, the pallet and then on each side mar
where the pin Ia to be placed, bore
hole for the same and arrange 80
can be easily inserted and removed
Small bolts or spikes will do for thi
purpose.
A pallet is prepared for as man
tile as you wish to make each day
and the tile are left on the same 70
at least As hours before removing