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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-15
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FINANCIAL NEWS


the west and soutl, which had been
delayed by storms earlier in the
week, bull operators continued to
bid up stocks in all sections of the
list in today's market. Heavy profit
taking in some of the popular indus
trial issues materially reduced or
cancelled the early gains. but failed
to halt operations elsewhere.
Prices started upward from the
start despite the marking up of the
call money renewal rate to ) 12 per
cent. Speculative belief that this
high rate was temporary and inciden-
tai to the financing of income tax
payments was borne out later when
the rate dropped to 4 IL per cent
at the close of the market the local
Federal Reserve Bank announced
that the government would withdraw
S3S. 900. 600 from member banks in this
district in anticipation of March Is
maturities. Except for another series
Of favorable earnings reports there
were no special developments outside
the market likely to influence the
general course of prices.
A months postponcment Of divi-
dend action by the New York Central
directors because of the absence Of
several members Of the board sent
that stock down to 81 IA. but it rail-
lies later to 9S IA where 1t was off
only SIS on the day Some of the
other rails yielded slightly from their
earlier high prices. but st. Paul
common. New Orleans. Texas &
Mexico AMI Illinois Central closed
'3-4 to point higher.
Motors, motor accessories ship
pings and merchandising issues fur
nished the conspicuous strong spots,
gains of l "a to 3 points being re-
corded by Mack Truck. American In
ternational Corporation. Marine Pre-
fered. May Department Stores. Bosch
Magnetic, Stewart Warner Speedo-
meter, General Electric was heavily
bought just before the close, jump
ing to SIS points.
United States Steel got as high as
1oS 3-S. but fell back to 107 IS. up
Is at the close. Baldwin dropped
from 142 3-S to III Is. off IA, and
Studebaker closed at 1874 -. up "a.
after having sold point above that
figure. Simmons Company jumped
IL points to 80 SIS. Pan-Ameri-
can issues closed slightly higher des-
pite speculative disappointment over
the failure of the directors to make
an extra dividend announcement and
the sugars reacted slightly when the
price of CubaH raws eascd off to
) SIS cents pound.
Time money was quiet. but firmer.
Brokers bids II per cent for all
maturities but bankers held out for
5 1-2 for new loans. some renewals
being made at the lower rate. Com
mcrcial paper continued to move in
moderate volume with prime names
still commanding 5 per cent.
The foreign exchange market was
featured by a slightly easier tone for
sterling demand bills selling around
$3.50 II. and a moderate rally In
French francs, which we're quoted
around 6.09 cents. Canadian eX-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-15
REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

the lowest premium of the season, 41c
over Winnipeg. May C f. tended, how
ever. to lessen the bullish effect On
the other hand. an advance in Liverpool
quotations was something of re-
straint on selling here. especially as
Liverpool noted n better demand from
European continental countries.
a. Announcement of further purcha Sos
or wheat to come here from Omaha
failed to bring about any decided bear
ish reaction in the Chicago market
and predictions of rain or snow for the
domestic winter crop territory were
also without much apparent influence
ON values. Such factors were more or
less offset Ey Il decrease in primary
receipts and by talk of possible severe
cuts TO be made in the spring wheat
acreage of the United States and Can
ada.
Corn and oats We're frmer with
wheat. Besides. receipts of corn We're
small and shipping demand here for
corn showed Improvement.
Selling on the part of commission
houses and the smaller packers did
good deal to counterba lance in tire pro-
:ision market the force of an upturn in
hog values
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Chicago Cattle Market

(nlcagO. March IA.
CATTTE-Receipts 5000: active:
beef steers 10 to l5c higher than yes
terday's average: top long yearings
1913; best maturcd steers 1910 weight
1163 to 1929 pounds; best long year
linss 1000. others 970n9S5: several
loads maturcd steers 1000; bulk beef
steers $500 96a: beef cows and heifers
uneven. % to 40c higher, hcifers show
Jig most advance; Gamers and cutters
10 to 1oc up; bulls. stockers and feed
ers 10 to 25c higher; veal calves large
IL &c higher; bulk medium light veal
ers to packers SIS a $50: choice $50 to
1S0-pound kind to shippers upward to
1850; bulk bologna bulls 5000 ~:
bulk beef heifers G006 $50; bulk stock
ers and feeders 650m775.
HOGS-Receipts $4,000; 10c higher:
some light weights less: bulk desirable
$50 to 215-pound average S56M SEQ; top
a63: bulk 240 to 325-pound butchers SIS
a S3o: packing sows mostly 72j@750;
pigs 7O0@S25: estimated holdover 5000.
SHEEP-Receipts 5000; fat lambs
uneven. mostly steady to weak: spots
lie lower; top 1850 to packers; bulk
wooded lambs 1850 1850: clipped
lambs 1170Q1175 with heavies out at
975; sheep steady: choice 106-pound
ewes S65; other light weight kind 1900
$50: two loads clipped ewes 500; one
load clipped wethers averaging 100
pounds 500; aged wooded wethers 900;
three loads shearing lambs 1925, aver
aging So pounds.
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New York Produce Market

New York. March u.
WHEAT-Spot steady; No. l dark
northern spring f track New York
1901; No. rcd winter c / track New
York domestic 14S asked: No. hard
winter C j f track New York export
1929: No. Manitoba do. IFS. and No.
mixed durum 123s.
CORN-Spot barely steady: No. ?
yellow and No. white c f New York
all rail 91s and No. ? mixed do. 800.
OATS-Spot steady: No. 2 white Sc.
LARD-Firmer; middle west HOO
1880.
BUTTER-Tirm: receipts sss2;
creamery extras. 80 score. 40: cream
cry lirsts. IS TO 81 score. 4SM4Si.
EGGS-tirm; RECEIPTS ao.S57:
POTATOES-Quiet: bulk per $50 lbs.
white 5000 $50; per 150-pound sack 24O
Me63: Long Island Green Mountain No.
/ 45Oa 500. bulk. per $50 pounds.
CARDIAC ES-Steady: per ton bulk
old crop white Danish all state sections
1000 a 1000: new crop Florida per IA
pounds 500 q $40.
The raw sugar market was firmer but
prices were unchanged at SIC for Gu
has cost and freight. equal TO 40 for
GOO bags Of Cubas and 29.400 bags Of
Porto Ricos for March and April ship
ment
Raw sugar futures were irregular
and after opening to- II points lower
under removed liquidation. prices firm
ed up on covering and buying for trade
and commission house account. Active
positions sold 5 to Z points net higher.
hut in the afternoon realizing checked
the advance and brought about set
hack with final prices 5 points lower on
March and . to 4 hieher on other posi-
tions. Closing: March $50, May 5.7S
July 500. September 6.03s
The market for refined sugar was
unchanged at 600 to $40 for fine gran
ulated with a fair inquiry at the in
side figure.
Refined sugar futures were frmer
closing at 10 points net advance. but
trading wss light, consisting of only
one lot for June delivery at $50.
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change dropped to 81 rs, new low

tidHSc ulopptu 10 ~ 80, new low
figure for the year.
Fond prices generally displayed a
slightly firmer tone in today's deal
ings. liens of the sugar and copper
companies showing marked strength.
L. T.. government bonds moved ir-
regularly within radius of eight
cents on 500. Except for a drop
of one point in Seine as, movement
of foreign government securities was
confined to fractions.
railroad mortgages again moved
irreSularly within comparatively
narrow limits. LehiGh Valley Is, up
l IA, and the st. Paul issues. up
fractionally, We're prominent among
those moving to higher grounds,
while Chicago and Western Indiana
As and Delaware Il Hudson As were
the conspicuous heavy spots.
Active liens of industrial compa nies
were inclined to lose ground. West
ern Union 1-2s and Bethlehem Steel
Refunding 5s. oft 1 3-8 and / SIS
points. respectively, being the OUT
standing heavy spots. Ccrro De l'as-
co SIS showed independent strength
gaining points.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-15
Chicago Produce Market
Chicago, March /.

EXCEPT for a brief time soon after
the opening, wheat today commanded
eastern connections absorbing the Of
ferings. 1t was assumed that ex-
portcrs were removing hedges. The
markct closed steady to &c net higher
with May 1874 to 119a ard July 1143.
to C higher. In provisions the outcome
varied from &c decline to &c gain.
Upturns in the value of wheat were
associated with estimates from the At
lantc seaboard that. 100000 to SOC, 900
bushels had been purchased there for
shipment To Europe and that $50. 600
bushels Of Canadian wheat at Buffa 10
had lso been bought for Europe. Word
that the Buffalo transactions were at
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-15

th,o" u'hshed to the Kcnnetec Journal
a. the courtesy of ]. A. Carnage
w. VI Augusta and Watcrville).
mas, "'a'shlngton, March IL Approx
wa. -,4G 1854 tons of new shipping
ns.,. auded to the worlds merchant
Of Vs. curing 1922. Tie total number
e~ vessels launched was $50.
"a :" ,ne amount of new tonnage Great
amon ."e United States ranked fifth
,ions =. me principal shipbuilding ma
nno .he ol1cial returns show Fifty
bmil. new ocean-going vessels were
ye.. IN The United States during the
lon. with total tonnage Of 1918
crs. asland led all other countries in the
drss 'oh OF new bottoms. Two hun
ada, ana thirty-five new vessels were
inv 10 her merchant marine cmbrac-
tho many whose fleet at the close Of
on5 va. at was reduced to that of a sec
vess.,N power during 1922 built more
~.e IMAM any other country with
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-15
TELEPHONE YOUR WANT ADS
JUST CALL 1856 50
ASK FOR A WANT Ao rAKER

CHEESE-Fresh choice 26d261:
firsts 24@25. 8nf'
CORN-No. 2 yellow 1904. n
EGGS-Nearby hennery brown ex-
fras 40641; white and mixed extras 3S
~ 80; western extras $685.
FLOUR-Spring patents, 196-lb.
SACKS: special short 17o $500; standard
o'2m 80. -.
HAY-No. 2 timothy 2502s.
thanksgiving 2O@23. $50
OATS-Forty pounds 62663. 80
PORk-Medium backs 2S75 a 5000.
POTATOES-Green Mountains 165 d
IT'S per 100 pounds. ~
SUGAR-American Sugar Refinery
per cent. for cash,
VEAI.-12
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-15

the exception of England. From Ger
man ways. 1871 ships were launched
during the year Their tonnage was
575.264 Nine vessels wore built by
Germany for other nations.
Shipyards of both Holland and
France were more active than those of
the United States. France built 81
new vessels embracing 1S4.50S tons
and Holland co vessels with total
tonnage of 1872.
Japan was the only large power
whose work was smaller than that of
the United Estates. Japan built 49
ships totaling S3.419 tons.
Shipbulding in all countries was
small compared with past achieve
mentS.
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New York Money Market

New York. March IA.
Foreign exchanges irregular.
Great Britain. demand 1864. cables
4.69l 60-day bills on banks 4.67a.
France. demand 6.0Sa cables 6.09a.
Italy. demand 4.7S cables 4.7S3.
Belgium. demand 5.243. cables 5.25.
Germany, demand .004Sl, cables
004Ss.
Holland, demand 1880. cables 1852.
Norway, demand 1924.
Sweden demand $3.50
Denmark. demand 1920.
Switzerland, demand 1851.
Spain, demand 1540
Greece. demand 1.09
Poland. demand .0022I.
Czecho-Slovakia, demand 2.91l.
Argentine, demand a7.2O.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-15
PITTSTON

. SOUTH-George E. Jones, Jr.. left
Tuesday morning for Boston to At.
tend the auto show. While there he
will visit with his father, who is en-
ployed there. and with other rela.
.ives in Chelsea, where he formerly
lived.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-15

MATCHING EGGS-Pcns contain n)
first prize (shapc and color) special :.
&. Red cock at Portland show 1922
CD S. c. Red special cock first prize
ct Frccport 1929 CD 5. c. Red spe-
cial cock first prize at State Fair.
first at state Fair (O r. c. Red
cockerel first al Lewiston and Free
port. md at Portland. 60 S. {. Black
Minorca pullct. first at Lewiston. (7)
). G. Buff Orpinaton cock & hen both
frsts at'l-ewiston. 90 LIST cockerel 4;
lSt d second hen s. c. Anconas at.
Lewiston and several other winners.
Have pens s. G. Reds q So 50. So.
S.. $40. $lo, per II. One pen r. G.
Reds s. rcr II. Pom of Anconas 81
per j.. Pen $. c. Black Minorcas 81
per -. One pen Buff Orpinetop s.
per >. Order from ad. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Chase Farms, No. Free
port.
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by Beck

Cali money easier: high 81. low A.
ruling rate -. closing bid A., offered
at ~. last loan ~.
CAN loans against accoptances :.
Time loans firm: miXed collateral. CO.
80 days MIi: 4-6' months "a M5A.
Iail III,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-15
LINE RATES FER DAY

CLASSIFIED advertisements that are
telephUned to The kennebec Journal
will he accepted at the charge rates
quoted above. But the cash rate cost
will be accepted at full payment H. Of
fered at the Journal Office within
days after any such ad Is irst printed
In the paper. Otherwise the cost, at
the charge rates quoted above will be
collected by messenger.
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LIVE STOCK
Horses. Cattle, Vehicle,

HORSES pairs. Chestnuts s and 8
weigh 5000. Bays q 6. weight $500.
Blacks 6 & weigh 3l0o. Grays 3 &
10 weigh $3.50. Black stallion years
old weighs 1000. Harry 0. Lynds, SO
Deane St. Gardiner. Tel 51S-W.
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Poultry and Supplies

BARRED ROCk-20 puIlets. Park and
D"cosSter strains; good type and size.
good layers. Can pick 20 out of 40
Tor " apiece. Nora Fairbanks. r. %.
Belgrade
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GIRL OR WOMAN-At once 10 assist
with houscwork for short time. an
Ply Mrs. i. d. Flynt, 3 Wyman St.
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NEW YORK MARKET

Features Of the Days Dealings in All
the Leading Stocks
New York. March 14.-Aided by
large volume Of buying orders from
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E,kEEPER-Middle age. refeT-
c.nces required. Tel. 365-J or 1246-W..
Apply Augusta Remnant store.
KITCHEN GIRL-72 Mechanic St,
Gardiner
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Rspairing-Service Stations

MOTORCY l. l. REPAIRING-All
makes, Work guaranteed. Paste this
ad up in your garage for reference.
John Augear. 10 Franklin St. Augusta.
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BUSINESS SERVICE
Business Services Offered I,

CLIPPlNGS-All Maine newspapers.
Me. Press Clipping Bureau, Gardiner.
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Boston Produce Market

Boston. March IA.
BEEF-Choice whole cattle 12A@14.
BUTTER-Extras 51652; nrsts 40
@5O
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EMPLOYMENT
Help Wanted-F.raIe

u Rl--for general house work: ref
erenccS required Mrs. j. Norris Web
Der j.. 81 Plea SAINT St Watervillc.
GlRL-For Office work. Must be able
20 take dictation and have some
Journal
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Solicitors. canvassers, Agents
Situations Wanted-MaIe

EXPERIENCED BOOKkEEPER-Dc-
Slres position in Augusta. Address
f., care Journal
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AUTOMOBILES
Automobiles Tor Sale

i999 CLEVELAND - Touring; 1920
DODGE touring. newly painted: 1922
Ruck roadster, newly painted; 1920
Scripps Booth touring. Waterville
Motor Co.. Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-15

Auto Accessories IA
Used AUTO PARTS-Tires and tubes
old cars bought for parts. Ripley Co.,
Augusta. Me.
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LIVE STOCK
Poultry and Supplies

EGGS FOR HATCHING-Pure bred
Columbian Wyandotte and White wy
andotte. $1.5O per dozen. Abbott Farm
Co.. Augusta. Tel. GSl-W.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-15

iOuN Nc WOMEN-Wantcd to train for
nurses Course 80 months. Six
months afiliation with Eastern Maine
ieneraH Apply Supt., Elm CITY Hos
pital. Watcrville, Nc.
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Tailoring and PRESSING

WHO DOES YOUR CLEANINGo-
Can 562-M for your dyeing and press
ing. roster Dye House. Cony st.
FEEL RlGHT-And look right. SAINT
oaIy clothes. renovating. Parcel post
2o1 Water ST.. Augusta.
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Help Wanted-Male

Icf-l6 Years old or over. Western
Union Telegraph Co. Augusta.
-n ..ii>.-' TO 40 YRS. old. energetic and
willing to hustle. Excellent oDpor-
UNITY Tor right man. Write Box E-5,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-15

MAN-To work on fam. Permanent
position and good wages for reliable
one. Apply in Ecrson if possible. J.
w. fcnneY. Belgrade. Maine
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LIVE STOCK
Dogs, Cats. Pets
Horses, Cattle, Vehicles

HORSE-1400 sound and kind. good
worker single or double. Call be-
tween and p. NJ. 16 Clinton St,
Gardiner
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odays Classified AID Section Is Complete Directory Wants and Offers
EMPLOYMENT
help Wanted-fsmale

W oMAN-Middle aged, for general
nousework. Family of three. State
vases expected. Address M. c."
Ncnnebec Journal. Augusta.
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Wanttd-Reai Estate

FARM-Small. near Augusta. for poti1-
try and fruit. Price must be rea Cons
able. Q. r. Ingraham. Inquire f.. il
Ingraham. 2.7 Water ST., Augusta.
Tel. 13-M: house. 341-Y. h-s
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rig. Must soil at once
M9hel johnson. Readfield, Maine. Tel.
o1-2
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-26
RIVER LAND
OPEN TO ENTRY

Sixteen thousand, one hundred
seventy-two acres of government
land on Sun river, northwest of
Augusta and lying partly in Teton
county, will be thrown open to en-
try on August 7, with the filing of
the official plat of survey, accord
ing to notice received recently at
the United States land office in
Great Falls.
The land in question is in town
ships p, % and rs north, range 8
west, and includes all or portions
of a number of sections. AS Writ
ually all of the area to be opened
for settlement is embraced in pend
ing oil and gas permits or applica-
lions for permits, homestead filings
must contain a waiver of all oil and
gas rights to the government.
Soldiers Preference
From August 7 to November S,
inclusive, the land will be subject
to entry under the homestead and
desert land laws by qualified ex-
service men of the world war who
have been h~onorably discharged,
separated from the service or
placed in the army or naval re-
serve. These soldiers preference
applications may be presented up
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-26
GARAGE SHOULD HAVE
GOOD CONCRETE FLOOR

So indispensable have concrete
floors become in the care of the au.
tomobile, that few garages are now
built without them.
Without a good floor in the garage
car washing is almost impossible.
Washing on an earth floor simply
means that the garage is converted
into a mudhole. Floors of other ma
terials are not entirely satisfactory,
dangerous. There is always a
certain amount of oil and water
which drips from even the best cars
and o M or later, if the floor is the
kind that oil will soak into, the
tires will be standing on an oily sur
face. Such a condition causes treads
to wear away quickly. Besides, with
an oily floor, especially if construct
ed of wood, there is a constant dan
ger of fire by a spark from the muf-
fler.
Concrete makes the ideal garage
floor. 1t is waterproof and %oilproof,
easy to keep clean, will not rot, easy
on tires and simple to build. AL
any home owner who is any
sort of a mechanic at all can put a
concrete floor in his garage.
First of all the soil should be ex-
cavated about six inches below the
level intended for the top of the
floor. If it is necessary to fill in at
any place, care should be taken to
lamp the new loose earth thoroughly
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-26
AND MIXED FARMING
0M THE SMITH RIVER VALLEY

Early in 1918, the leading citizens
of the Smith River valley realized
that the resources of the valley were
not being utilized by the agricultural
methods then being employed, name
ly grain farming, sheep and beef
cattle ranching. 1t was observed
that there were many tracts Of land
that were not being used for the
above mentioned purposes, that were
ideally situated for dairy farming,
lacking only dairy buildings, milk
COWS and dairy farmers, with which
combination this land would produce
more per acre in one year than it
had produced in any previous twenty.
1t was with the idea of making this
land, which was not utilized to the
fullest, produce hitherto unthought
of wealth, that the Springs club, a
commercial body, the White Sulphur
Springs and Yellowstone Park Rail
road and the leading citizens of the
valley conferred the bulk of their ex-
ploitation and advertising activities
into making the valley a real dairy
community, that would thrive in
udIu LILIES ucdily d. WSll DIS QuIluS
the waves of prosperity. This nov
ment first met with a great deal of
opposition as many of the old timers
believed that all the country was
good for was the ranging of sheep
and cattle and it was nearly as hard
to change their minds as it is to
change the spots on a leopard, but
after they had seen what the black
and white COWS were doing for the
country and the people that were
milking them, they became some of
the most ardent boosters of the
movement.
The first step in this movement
was to convert the people, next was
to put the idea into practice. Up
wards of two thousand pure bred and
high grade Holstein COWS have been
imported in the last three years, from
Wisconsin, New York and Vermont,
a few of them being National Grand
and many in their ranks
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-26

so that the floor will have a good
solid foundation. Provision should
be made for drainage either to a sew
er or low ground. The floor should
slope to the center or to a gutter
at the front or back. If the drain is
made at the center a sand box should
be built about a foot square and ten
or twelve inches deep so that it may
be covered with a heavy screen. The
sewer outlet is taken out of the side
of this box about six inches from the
bottom. The box thus provides a
place for sand and mud to settle and
prevents clogging of the sewer. The
accumulated sand may be removed
from time to time with a shovel.
The floor should be given plenty
of slope toward the drain so that the
water will run off freely. One inch
slope to ten feet is recommended. 1t
will usually be found satisfactory to
build the floor in sections that are
small enough to be finished easily.
Strips of concrete, laid alternately,
permits the builder to work easily
both sides and obviates the ne
of his doing the job all at one
lime.
Two by skies, placed on edge, may
be used for the forms and should be
securely in place with the top
edge leveled to the intended surface
Of the concrete.
The concrete should be mixed one
part portland cement to two parts
clean sand and three parts crushed
limestone or washed pebble. Lime
stone is preferred whenever it can be
obtained. All parts should be mixed
thoroughly with just enough water