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Show WOODEN BLOCKS FIND FAVOR Ideal for Paving Floors of Dairy Barns Coal Tar Creosote Adds Much to Durability. (By R O. I.ONOYEAR, Colorado ArH- culturu.1 College, Fort Collins, Colo.) Pavements made of wood blocks are no new thing in fact, they were extensively ex-tensively used a generation ago in the principal timber-producing regions of the country. They were usually composed of round blocks set on end and the spaces filled with sand. While excellent when new, they soon wore out in places by the decay of some of the blocks, which left the pavement rough and full of holes, unless frequently fre-quently repaired. Substitutes such as stone, brick and asphalt have largely replaced wood for pavements, while concrete has come into use for ground doors in stable and dairy barns. The desirable qualities of wood, however, which these substitutes largely lack, have again brought the wooden block into favor. Thus, it is more quiet, it is' not so slippery and is less trying to the feet and legs of animals than are most of its substitutes. Its lack of durability is now overcome over-come by treating the blocks with coal tar creosote, and the blocks are cut square or rectangular so that there are no large openings between them. For dairy barns, creosoted wood blocks laid on a concrete foundation are found to produce an almost ideal floor, and one that is lasting and sanitary sani-tary as well. |