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Show i.i..lH-:;.,N jJAltNYAEDS ake now sanitary T'r.:-:i!y niiidliolrs unee so i'ihii-r i'ihii-r mi I" I ernynnls f,i-(. r;iiiii:illy iv-i;.': iv-i;.': e :, ., "ii iiioilt-i'it farms to sanhnry I .' '. i mi in . of concrete. .',i matter "'''I' ! n:!;.;:,. barnyard may he drained or otherwise cared fur. iii!.. an. tines when i( is not only ini!','1.v. I, hi filthy, 'this results In ihriv. i'l ' i 1 1 1 1 1 aniiou1, and in dirty i :;';. Ir''- . !- , no niiilti hnv weil milk' tin'." !! cleaned i!i,.y cannot he Im-i ( :r- ' i':i;i il' They must exercise In it 'in. dd '..-irnyurd as when they have the :ui . ai:i :i :es el' a eoncrele pave-tnen'. pave-tnen'. In addition, the concrete-paved l.tiinare invvems wafte "I' manure. 'i'i' t ' i::..d" at t!i.' Ohio experiment staieei to determine tlte relative value of ie eii re removed from a concrete liner as compared with that tn'ien from an unpuved yard proved that not only was- mure niannre saved from I he concrete paved lloor, lint thai the quantity saved contained a higher percent a:.''-1 ef phosphorus, potash pot-ash : nil nilroiren. ihirnynrd pavements are rnsy to tea! o. Anyone who has had even a limited amonnt of experienee can successfully suc-cessfully undertake (lie work, and the man who has never had experienee I'ssn acquire what is necessary in a short time by carefully follmvint: a lew simple insl ruetieiis obtained from tin. firm where he buys his cement, "t all of he pavements need be biiili at one time, but a strip at least t.ven y I vi wide should be laid ad-.lot'iiie: ad-.lot'iiie: the barn. Additional strips can he added as desired. Two types of construction may be mod for barnyard pavements; one or 1 wo course ; I he one-course construction construc-tion bein? preferable ;m easier to build. A 1:'2:M mixture ' should be used, inking. special care that the materials ma-terials are well graded. The pavement pave-ment should have a slope of une-fnunh une-fnunh inch to the font toward a gutter gut-ter in one side oi' the pavement. This a. itler will save liquid wastes dropped en the lloor by draining them to a cistern cis-tern or manure pit with which the floor should be connected. Slabs of a barnyard pavement should be limited to rot more than ten feet square. Terms should be of two-inch, lumber, four, liv or six inches wide, depending depend-ing upon thickness of the pavement. The top of the forms should be set to such a .m-ade that a slope of raie-fonr;h raie-fonr;h inch to the foot be secured for tin. Hour for proper drainage. While the barnyard pavenient must have an even surface- so that It will d.'ain f'-eely and he kept clean. It sheu'd nor he finished so smooth as to make il slippery. If carefully and ( 'loi'omdiiy finished by using a wood Moat it v ::! have the same irritty mixture mix-ture of surface secured by fin'hinj: a eo'-rreie lloor in Ibis manner and will fins provide a sure foothold for the nnimds X"l nil the area which It is intended intend-ed to ee-. ::, .! bt. laid out with forms ai !' " - e;e ti ne. Forms for one row C si (.in bp provided just as t'em:-!' a stretch of concrete walk ' - '' f Viiil. Tdien after havin.: i' ''id ii-Ns strip. .off info ten-foiM ' '':,; . s-u p h du.'rmeiiiafe ft.ini strips. : .' i'l'l'Uaie ;-r as cen lie oonc.'.e o; and ' v h "i t!'i la ve hardened sui'ieiently ' 're.-; . e s can hp removed and inicr'e (!:: ;e areas eonia-ee'd. The ' p -ration is repeated for followiiiL' pp.s. each of which serves as a ' 'i ai. for one side of the strip laid i : As all out door Honrs of which a !.!.:.. I.ernyard pavenient is a type. (Minsc a larae surface to the atnios-1 atnios-1 ' iho concrete sh'tM be prevnt- ' ' :! drinc out s,, ,., it win baid"n uniformly .m, thoroughly. .. s; : soon a eoiicreiim; has been t'":-!ied ; nd thp concrete I as hard-' hard-' '! ' " ' : i -1 ' ro prevent it from lina t. ':.! by a iroiec iv,, ceverim,' of ' 1 - tut or e;-.-;h, .sin l verin shoi'M i. kept in place and wvt down enrhr- thp Trst ve-.k or ten days so : s p, asisi proper oin-jmi. as it is colled. After the ten-day inierval ,.ls !. liie ciiverillu' !ll;l he remnel an 1 ih" pavenient.. put to us,-, although heiny "i- load -.1 va-ons shopld not be driven over !he cemro-e uniil it s t 'I'lei a mopi h ..hi. A barnyard level .".I sllhiecled to hi'avy loads s'.oeM b" al least six inches thick, oth tv is" four Inches wdll he sufficient. |