FIREPROOF CONSTRUCTION.
■ Fire is the farmer's greatest dread. "When a fire starts from uglitning or any other cause, tlie farm, buikougs usually burn down. For this reason, insurance rates are very, ingh, and farmers find it a great tax to protec themselves by carrying insurance, The build.ugs, however, are not always the most serious loss; firas most frequent,y occurr during the latter part of the summer o rearly fail, after the.', crops have boan harvested; and, although the buildings can be replaced, practically the year's work of the farmer is gone, for very often the fira spreads so rapidiy that the stock is also lost. A concrete blildiug cannot burn down; coasequenty food stored in it has less chance df being injured or destroyed. Few fanners are without a gravel pit suitable to furnish both gravel and sand of a quality proper for making good concrete. Moreover, Portlaind cement can now be obtained at a tiotiG a concrete building is cheaper reasonable cost. Under t-hese conditha nany other kind. The best is the cheapest, regardless of tho original cost. A building that never leaks, will rot blow over, is always ready to be filled- without first repairing, in fact requires no repairs., is vermin and germ proof, cannot burn down, and is everlasting, is certainly the best and cheapest. A simplex hollow wall concrete building, built by Glue Bros, patent p'-ncnw has all the qualities above indicated. ...
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Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16253, 27 April 1917, Page 5
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237FIREPROOF CONSTRUCTION. Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16253, 27 April 1917, Page 5
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