Concrete in the country / [American Cement Company]. (1910)
American Cement Company · Association of American Portland Cement Manufacturers · leaf 37
Place a 4-inch thickness of concrete to form a dish-shaped gutter 3 inchesdeep in the middle. Every five feet, make an expansion joint yi of an inchwide by inserting a metal strip not less than 7 inches wide and 18 inches long, or by cutting a joint entirelythrough the concrete with astraight… … Materials Required crushed One cubic yardrock or screened gravel;cubic } ard sand; 6 bags of Port-land cement, for a 50-foot sec-tion. Repairs to Farm Buildings Since wood always fails firstat the ground, the use of concreteon the farm has developed fromthe ground up. After a farmerhas had to…