The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-01-13

No'ihss eVC.s tuSTY ID OG010 03tteE. Out
for the buildings themselves other ma
teria!s are just q good - Or better
than cement. IL built solidly enough to
be safe and permanent the cost Of q
cement building 10 high. The cost Of
Forms amounts to Q great deal. and
q man who IL skilled In handling CO.
ment is needed to insure . good Job.
A NOR satisfactory building ma.
terial in most cases II hollow brick or
building tile. These brick can be read
LILY obtained In most sections Of the
country. The cos is little higher than
that Of lumber. and they will last as
long as cement. A tile building is
warmer than q single walled cement
one on account OF The dead air space
In the walls. 1t takes much less skill
to put up a tile building than one of
cement, and consequently the cost of
construction will be less. For the
smaller buildings the tile may be put
up edgewise. In building the barn II
will be necessary to lay them fatwise
up to the hay floor. From there up
they may be set on edge. They should
be laid in strong cement mortar. Ce.
ment blocks may be used in the same
manner IS the building tile.
Roofs and Floors.
There are many roofing materials
that car be used In place Of shingles
Some Of these car. be purchased a little
cheaper. but in lasting qualities they
are little better than good shingles.
The life OF shingles can be increased
three or four times by treating them
with creosote as described In article
!. The only trouble with this u the
discomfort Of handling the treated
shingles.
For floors there is nothing better
than cement. Cement floors are much
more durable than any other kind and
cost only q little more to start with.
For the smaller buildings the floor can
b. built drst and the building set on
It with no other foundation. Heavy
buildings. like barns. should have solid
stone foundations. The hog house door
may b built to extend out about
twelve feet on each side, thus making
Z ctean feeding door foe the fattening
hogs or . summing place for the early
pigs.
TIE foundation for . cement door
should consist Of six inches OF more
OF cinders or gravel. II the location
ts not high and wen drained q line Of
tile should DO laid through this mate
rial to carry away any water that may
collect. On this Foundation Q layer Of
concrete should be laid three to i've
inches thick. according to the purpose
for which the door 10 to be used.
Horse stable floors need TO be much
stronger than those for a hog house
OF machine shed. For most farm our.
poses the best proportions to mix this
concrete are n part cement, three
parts clean sand and six parts broken
stone or gravel. This should be spread
smoothly and tamped. AZ soon az It
has Get for q few hours Il Il ready
fF the finishing coat.
A 6nishing Of wearing surface Il nee
essary where the door . subject to
much use. Il - also smoother and
easter TO keep clean. lt should b
made Of one part portland cement to
one and ons-half partD sand and DO put
on to Q depth Of from one to one and
one-ha9 inches. AZ soon @ Il has b.
gun to sst 4 can b grooved into blocks
about six inches square to prevent the
animals from slipping. The door
should b covered with about IN inch
VI sand and sprinkled daily for two or
three weeks. when 1t viii be ready for
use.