Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Construction of Concrete Fence Posts
Many things have contributed to make concrete one of the leading building materials of the day. It has shown its worth as a substitute for wood because of. Its moderate cost, its durability, the ease with which it is handled, the wide distribution of sand, gravel, and stone which enter into its composition, and the tremendous growth of the cement industry. It has been thoroughly tried and tested, not only in laboratories, but also by years of actual use by the United States Government, by state agricultural colleges, by railroads and stock yards, and'by hundreds of farmers, and it has, among other things, proved-successful in the construction of fence posts.
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