CONCRETE POSTS.
On a Pahiatua dairy farm can be Been some neatly made and economical concrete posts, particulars of which are as follows 6ft 6in, shape, triangle, with throe wires for reinforcement placed as near the corners as possible. The mould is made just like a small pig trough, only the ends are levelled a little for the purpose of gettino- the out of the mould - Strength of material": Five m~^ cl to oas of cement (the great thing is -^}-.? lc _ all gravel) and mix on the wet side,.rather than on the dry. After the mould is filled, tap .the sides of the latter, which will give smooth sides to - tho post. It takes from 4d to 5d for cement, the gravel;he carts himself and uses his own labour. He understood the posts cost the Dannevirke Borough Council £lO -~*-hundred. But at the speed t- ,"~ •—tuiaya, and the wages men work no\>_ ■> ' , ~ - ° -, j v .i-j *. j vi *'"* cost. One asked, he did not doubt u.:
two-horse dray-load or 1* yards, he said, will easily make 40 posts.
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Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 26 March 1919, Page 4
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177CONCRETE POSTS. Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 26 March 1919, Page 4
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