Guaranteed building plans with interior views and details : a standard collection of new, original and artistic designs of cottages, bungalows, residences and flats of frame, brick, cement, plaster, concrete blocks, hollow tile, stucco etc. and farm buildings of all descriptions together with interior and exterior details and interior views. (1915)
William A. Radford · Radford Architectural Company · leaf 242
deep and pounded downand made level. Water is then thrownon the lime to cause it to slack.Enough water is use to slack the limeinto a pasty mortar, and it is left inthis condition until it dries and hard-ens. This kind of a poultry floor isnot so hard as concrete and the chick-ens will scratch… … lime is good and the slacking is nicelydone, the floor is satisfactory for sometime. If soft places develop and thehens dig clear through, it is easy tothrow a little fresh lime and waterenough to slack and fill the depres-sion. There are poultrymen who insistthat this is the only method known…
