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Show o CEMENT MANURE CELLAR. 1 One of the first and most important import-ant improvements that needs to be made on many farnus is to put in a cement concrete innnura pit or cellar. A water-tight pit enables the farmer to return to the soil about all the fertility that has been removed in the shape of food crops for farm animals. More than half of the value being in the- liquid contents,, it is plain that there is enormous -waste whore leakage and soaking into lihc soil is not prevented. t, Before laying the floor af the pit, if the soil contains a groat deal of clay, it may bo necessary to tike out part of the clay and fill in with cob- ble stones and grave', 1 ttt if the soil is gnuelly and porous the cement may be laid upon the soil provided the soil is well tamped to make a solid surface: If wjitris- apt t,o ae cumulate under the floor, it is desirable de-sirable to lay blind drains of gravel ! or tile to conduct aw.'fy the moisture. Tho cement mixture for the manure I pit or cellar should be one part cc-I cc-I niont and 2j4 parts clean, sharp sand j and five parts of loose gravel or , broken stoe. For a finishing coat add a one-inch layer made from a mixture of one part cement and VA r parts clean, sharp sand. The whole thickness of the floor should be five f to eight inches. The floor should be sloped enough to conduct liquid to central points from which they ' ni$y be drained or taken up by absorbents. ab-sorbents. Add the finishing coat before be-fore the concrete underneath has set. Jaiy the floor carefully with stone walls of tho cellar and cement over I the walls, making them tight by filling fill-ing in the crevices and joints. Do not attompt to me any more sand than directed, and see that the sand is free fium loam or clay which uould ciu-c the cement to crumble Mi thoroughly before using After m kcj.t constantly moibUncd for several B days. The work should not Lc done H i.t a lime when free.ing i liable to H Qccun, as frccniuir before dry will H seriously injure the work. the fioor i com lcted it should be H |