Show substantial GARAGE IS FARM NECESSITY structure should be simple in design and built of good fireproof materials the amount of money invested in the average farm automobile or truck justifies a substantial garage that will furnish adequate protection against weather theft and fire A garage should be built of substantial fireproof materials of which concrete block la Is probably the most convenient tor for use in rural regions such a garage Is shown in the ac companying photograph it Is 12 feet wide and 18 feet long large enough tor for almost any car or truck the garage since it Is a small ture should be simple in design the walls are built up of block on a corn cow ively shallow foundation also of block A concrete floor Is a decided advantage it should be made so as to slope toward the center where a trapped drain Is installed it if the blocks are made with an at surface finish they can be left Z 4 garage built of concrete blocks exposed otherwise they can be madr mad ith a special surface finish which at af fords a satisfactory base for the ap of stucco |