—-
Feeding Floors —How to Build Them
I
Faster gains and the saving of feed arc of utmost importance today.
That is why thousands of farmers are building concrete feeding floors. ?
By W. C. KAISER
Agricultural Engineer
Among the meet essential farm
fn.provei”.2nta are concrete feeding
floors. Such floors help produce
more pork and beef and save feed
from oclng lest in the mud. Cattle
md bog men figure that a concrete
feeding floor or paved barnyard Is
paid for dv v "g (ho fir t year of use
fatter a: <1 cb. per clock gains,
; tic rear od value of manure, and sav
ing of bedding.
Livestock fc levs :• ; emiendfrom
JO to 40 sq.ft, i I II v r for each liead
•if cattle ami 10 to 13 sq.ft, per hog.
Concrete feeding floors are gener
ally made about 4 in. thick unless
thryr: 3 tob ' drb n over with licavy
vehicles in whicn eauo they arc
made G in. thick. Tiie floor should
fjc made in sec.ions about 10 ft.
square. If the urea to be paved Is
Viorly drained, it is best to place
die concrete slab on a well-tamped
ill of about 6 in. of lino stone, gravel
<r cinders. However, if the feed lot
v, on well-drained soli, no fill is
seeded.
It is often desirable to place a low
icrh ami an apron or cutoff wall
extending into the ground about 1%
■nr 2 ft. deep around tho edge of a
(*■ 'ding floor. This apron prevents
:.;ul '’mining of (lie floor.
Here re concrete 1.-i placed tho floor
tr n i should lie carefully leveled or
pivcu the desired slope. Many floors
i. ■) eloped about % in, per ft. to
TOLLESON LUMBER CO.
Phone 91 Perry, Ga.
Natural nitrate of soda shipments from Chile are arriv-
V »ng on satisfactory schedule. Close to half a million tons
«re already here, delivered or ready for delivery. Another
200,000 tons are expected and every effort is being made to
{et it here in time for this season’s crops.
ff shipping estimates hold, there will be about as much
Chilean nitrate for top and side dressing as last year. But
because all of it is being distributed under the government's
allocation program, it may be impossible to supply all sec
tions in the same proportions as last year.
If you cannot get Chilean nitrate when you
want it remember the Inconvenience is only
temporary—one of many dislocations due to war.
•
Chilean nitrate is here in substantial quantity, but, like
every good soldier, it goes where it is teld and when it is
told by the government
drain readily. Any filling made in
low spots should l»e wetted and
tamped thoroughly to provide a firm
base for tho concrete slab. Pieces
of 2x4’s are commonly used for side
forms when tho floor Is to be 4 in.
thick; 2xG-in. pieces when the floor
is to be G in. thick.
A 1:2%: 3 concrete mix is recom
mended. Tills means 1 part Portland
cement, 2% parts sand and 3 parts
gravel or crushed rock. Pieces of
gravel or crushed rock should not
bo larger than 1% in. in size. The
proper amount of water is 5 gal.
per sack of cement it sand la In an
average moist condition.
Tho full thickness of concrete fs
placed in one operation. The freshly
laid concrete is leveled flush with
the top of the guide forms by means
of a strlkeboard. A straight 2x4
about 10 ft. or 12 ft. long makes a
good strlkeboard. New concrete is
allowed to harden until It is quite
stiff, then is finished with a wood
float. Tiie wood float creates an
even, uniformly gritty, nonskid sur
face. New concrete should bo prop
erly cured by covering with earth
or straw as soon as It has hardened
enough not to ho marred, and then
kept moist for at least 5 days by
frequent sprinkling.
Approximate amounts of materials
required to build 100 sq.ft, of floor
4, in. thick are:
7Ms sacks of Portland cement
% cu.yd. sand
1 cu.yd. gravel or crushed rock.
I HARRIS RAPE GIVEN
DIS. FLYING CROSS
AN EIGHTH AAF BOMBER
STATION, England, March 28
Award of the Distinguished Fly
ing Cross to Technical Sergeant
Earnest Harris Rape, 24, of Per
ry, Ga., top turret gunner and
aerial engineer on an Eighth Air
Force Flying Fortress, has been
announced at this AAF bomber
station. Sgt. Rape received the
award for “extraordinary
achievement” on numerous
bombing assaults on Nazi war
plants in Germany and enemy
occupied territory in Europe.
Sgt. Rape has also been award
ed the Air Medal with three Oak
Leaf Clusters.
Included in the assaults in
which Sgt Rape has participated
have been two of the long dis
tance flights to Norway. He par
ticipated in the attack on Nazi
war plants in Trondheim last
summer, and in the fall flew to
jßjukan when the Forts blasted
a German electrolysis plant.
Another of Sgt. Rape’s missions
was the shuttle attack on a Mes
serschmitt factory at Regens
burg when Eighth AAF Fort
resses battled through hundreds
of Nazi fighters to destroy their
target and then fly on across the
Alps and land in Africa.
Before he entered the AA.F,
Sgt. Rape was employed with
the U. S. engineers at Robins
Field, Ga. His wife, Mrs. Ade
laide Rape, lives at 202 Main
street, Fort Valley, Ga. He is
the nephew of J. P. Etheridge of
Perry.
HI >ii iwrtrjafal ■■ ■■ r i nffUflBlll"
I V ” ' *' T '~ I ::'■ R
| C.D.CHANCELLOR ifak
traffic departments of America’s railroads *
jf Ifflk are helping the Government, war enterprises f ’.#&&
I :Mg[ W and industries, commerce and business generally f •
ot* It with their transportation problems, both freight and
In normal limes traffic work naturally is classified into
three major activities—sales (or sclicitation), rates and in- \ , iyQp’
dustrial and agricultural development. In war times all arc JL >jsrf
JSSSHHBI& united for service. Such service includes: ' <j &P9r A
I S. A.SMITH (a) Cooperation with shippers in proper loading M.W. THOMAS I
an d routing '
(b) Expediting the movement of critical shipments
| J|l» (c) Interpreting regulations governing handling of m M.
JK* mm traffic issued by the Office of Defense m Jwk
Transportation, the Interstate Commerce J||lL
(e) Accompanying troop trains, quoting rates and
I E. J, MECAFFREY fares, and advising as to routes, service A. W. SANDERS
and schedules
The Chief Traffic Officer is W. McN. Knapp, who in his forty years of service
c^m hed the ladder from clerkship to department head, his record typifying the career
fBBL °P en to merit. Mr. Knapp says: “My associates in the Traffic Department bring to their
k Jflip work not only a desire to serve, but an ability to accomplish. There are 205 of them.
The principal officers are W. E. Stewart, Freight Traffic Manager; C. D. Chancellor,
Assistant Freight Traffic Manager; S. A. Smith, Assistant to Freight Traffic Manager;
JfflL M. ’ft. Thomas and A. W. Sanders, General Freight Agents; E. J. McCaffrey, Assistant
iiHyr dlHk. General Freight Agent; K. R. Bragg, Commerce Agent; T. J. Stewart, General Passenger
K.R.BRAGG Agent; and G. W. Stradtman, Assistant General Passenger Agent.
“Our principal traffic representatives at Macon and in the Macon territory are
H. C. White, Division Freight Agent, and W. W. Hackett, Division Passenger Agent.”
CENTRn^j^jGEORGIft
H C-WH ' ONE OF AMERICA'S RAILROADS - ALL UNITED FOR VICTORY W.W.HACKETT
i i
NOTICE
Tax Receiver’s Last Round
Will be at the following places
for the purpose of receiving 1944
tax returns and applications for
personal and homestead exemp
tion. Application must be made
each year for exemptions.
MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1944
Henderson, 9:00 a. m. to 10:00
a. m,
Elko, 10:30 a. m. to 11:00 a. m.
Grovania, 11:30 a. m. to 12:00
Noon,
Hayneville, 12:30 p. m. to 1:00
p. m.
Clinchfield, 1:30 p. m. to 2:00
p. m'
TUESDAY. APRIL 11. 1944
Kathleen, 9:00 a. m. to 9:30
a. m.
Bonaire, 10:00 a, m. to 11:00
a, m.
Centerville, 11:30 a.m. to 12:00
Noon.
Edward’s Store, 12:30 p. m. to
LOO p. m.
E W. MARSHALL,
Tax Receiver, Houston Co.
Application For Birth
Certificate
George Francis Nunn has ap
plied to the Ordinary of Houston
County for a Delayed Birth Cer
tificate. Date of birth May 30,
1914, in Perry, Houston County,
Georgia.
About 3-4 of the seed used to
plant the 1943 cotton crop was
treated to prevent disease.
wnm n\ ifit*
J. M. & W. A. SATTERFIELD
Plumbing & Pipefitting
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
Phone 188 Perry, Ga.
jßßgsiiillßl
aj/zf/vs/ mf-.
GOD fiS/C/VS, A A/D
TM£ OOV£fim£A/r ill
AT WASH/A/6TOA/
Fellow citizens! Let’s keep our Government alive and
our security intact ... by helping finance the war. BUY
WAR BONDS and STAMPS with every spare dollar.
Barfield Furniture Co.
NEW AND USED FURNITURE
Cash Or Terms
Phone 154 Perry, Ga.
————————
