222 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



For the roof %xSy2 in. roof lath placed 41/^ inches, center to center, 

 is used instead of ordinary sheathing. It is believed, and the belief seems 

 to be well borne out in our dairy barn, that the roof lath insures a drier 

 and therefore more durable roof than does the ordinary sheathing. 



The cornice is of the ''railroad" or open type, and is supported by 

 lookouts which project 21 inches from the plates and end rafter re- 

 spectively. The lookouts for the ends are made of dressed 2x4's placed 

 about three feet apart in the usual way. The lookouts for the sides 

 are sawed from dressed 2x6 timber and are nailed one to each rafter. 

 See Fig. 4 and Fig. 10. (Page 58.) 



The fascia — that part of the cornice nailed to the ends of the look- 

 outs or rafters and over which the shingles project — is of 1x6 white- 

 wood. 



The plancher is of % inch double beaded ceiling laid lengthwise of 

 the cornice. The plancher is that part of the cornice nailed to the 

 lower edge of the rafter or lookout in the box cornice, and to the upper 

 edge of the rafter or lookout in the railroad or open type. 



The shingles are best grade cedar. Before laying, the shingles were 

 dipped one-half to two-thirds their length in a good quality of dark 

 brown paint and allowed ^to dry. They are laid 4I/2 inches to the 

 weather. 



The cupolas are of galvanized iron, and are 4I/2 feet x3l^ feet x6 

 feet high, 10 feet high to top of roof. 



The windows are two sash windows, six lights (10x12) to the sash, 

 and requiring frames 35x54 inches, inside measure. Fig. 11 shows the 

 general distribution of these windows. Those on the sides behind the 

 horses are placed about ten feet apart, center to center. This arrange- 

 ment provides an abundance of light for the horses. 



The lower doorways, the width and distribution of which are shown 

 in the ground plan (Fig. 11) are all 9 feet high. The doors except the 

 small one at the southwest are single, are made of a single thick- 

 ness of southern pine, and are hung upon tubular tracks. The other door 

 is double thickness of southern pine and is hung with hinges. The large 

 door* under the peak, see Figs. 4 and 12, is 10x14 feet, and is sus- 

 pended upon pulleys by steels cords with weights. The threshhold of 

 the door frame is hinged. If the door be raised a few inches, the 

 threshhold may be turned up, when the door may be lowered out of 

 sight and the threshhold turned back into place. 



The side doors, of which there are two on each side, opening into 

 the mow, are 6x6 feet, and are built and hung in the same manner as 

 the lower doors. 



Fig. 11 shows the general plan of the lower floor. 



The walls are ceiled with southern pine flooring. 



The ceiling is ceiled with % double-beaded southern pine ceiling, 

 with 2 inch bed-mold in angles of ceiling with walls. The beams are 

 cased with southern pine, with 2 inch bed mold at angles of beam with 

 ceiling. 



The carriage room, 28x28 feet, is set off from the rest of the floor 

 by a partition of 2x4 inch hemlock, ceiled on both sides with flooring. 



The walls of the small feed room at the east end are constructed in 

 the same manner as those of the carriage room. 



=*This door is copied after that on the horse barn of Hon. A. P. Blis", of Saginaw, Michigan. 



