A concrete base adds years of service to the life of a [gasoline engine] or cream separator.
Grain Elevator Approach and Engine House
Method Applies to All Buildings
The method just described for building a milk house applies equally well to any of the small houses mentioned above. It is not always necessary to build a peaked roof; sometimes a flat roof will answer the purpose; but the general method in all cases is the same. The drawings show in detail the way a door can be built and framed and also how the windows can be made to slide up and down.
Hydraulic Ram House
Advantages of Concrete
Concrete alone possesses the necessary fireproof qualities for such buildings as smoke houses, where there is always great danger from fire.
Oil lamps are becoming a thing of the past on modern farms. Acetylene and gasoline plants furnish a better and safer light. These plants are built either above or below ground. In either case concrete is the ideal material, since it is both fire and waterproof.