Concrete Construction for the Home and the Farm

by Atlas Portland Cement Company

Points to Remember

It may be well, in summing up, to emphasize the following points:—

• 1st. The materials must be perfectly clean.
• 2d. The mixing must be in proportions carefully determined.
• 3d. The mixture must be used while absolutely fresh.

Good results cannot be obtained unless you use a good cement, nor will the work be at its best unless care is taken in the selection of clean sand and clean stone.

Among the uninitiated, there is an all too prevalent idea that anything is good enough for the making of concrete. Some will tell you that sawdust, shavings, mud, clay, etc., will do to complete the mixture, but the absurdity of this notion will very soon become evident to anyone who neglects the precautions which have been above pointed out.