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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 ls probably the most convenient for use In rural regions. Such a garage is shown In the accompanying ac-companying photograph. It ls 12 feet wide and IS feet long, large enough for almost any car or truck. The garage, since It is a small structure, struc-ture, should be simple in design. The walls are built up of block on a comparatively com-paratively sliallow foundation, also of block. A concrete floor ls a decided advantage; it should be made so as to slope toward the center where a trapped drain is Installed. If the blocks are made with an attractive at-tractive surface finish they can be left Garage Built of Concrete Blocks. exposed, otherwise they can be made with a special surface fiDish which affords af-fords a satisfactory base for the application ap-plication of stucco. |