Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-26


stronger with ago 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
useless drain
This Is easily demonstrated by ta-
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 vltrifled clay tile
is to make drain that does not alb
sorb water from the soil except at the
joints; while concrete tile has 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 10 make the best quality OF con.
crete tile at cost Of 55 cents a rod
when made I'm the 4-inch size: n
cents rod for J-inch; SO cents for
G-inch; s1.10 for S-inch; slG5 for ..
inch; s1sS for 10inch. and $2.64 for
i2incb tila
The cost is based on sand at 20
cents cubic yard; cement at 81 per
barrel; labor at 81 n day The tile
are made as strong as possible. using
ono part cement to three parts of the
gravel, which will give them all thu
strength needed for any service.
The 4-inch tile ore made three-Quar
ters OF an inch thick; the 6, G. and s
inch tile are made one inch thick: tbs
8 and 10-inch are made l 3-s inches
thick, and the 12-inch 1la inches
thick.
In this manner you can estimate
the cost or your drain and easily com
pare with the cost or clay tile of tn.
E3me size.
By employing the proper methods
for handling concrete in the winter
you may employ your spare time
during the winter I'm making this
much-needed article OF the farm, and
thus save the cost Of labor. which is
the greatest item in the above table
Of costs, averaging from Al to ~ cents
per rod OF tile.
The machine explained in this arti
Gle is one making G-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 1S inches long and 10
inches wide. These are joined TO.
gether 10 mako Il 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 festen with
two hooks and eyelets rs shown In
the Illustration: this allows the ma
chino 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 viii hold
them in place and yet allow the ma
chine TO fold back from the work
easily.
For She core take 6-ineh stove
pipe "a inches long and inside same
place q 6.inch board 80 inches long,
mailing securely as shown in the illus
tration. The top Of this board is cut
to mako a handle TO draw out the
core, rs Illustrated.
The bottom is cut down to leave n
gmau three rterS-of-an-iDch proiec-
| ton or pin on same. which sets into
the holes bored in the pallet, thus in
suripg 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
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 10 make each day,
and the tile are left ON the same for
at least 4S hours before removing,
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