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HORTICULTUEE 



October 31, 1914 



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Porlimi aEnd Header 



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Itafter, rafter rap. purlin and 

 sperial I^ue: Brace ve<-iirins 

 tlie purlin tu tlie rafter. 



C PACING the rafters four 

 feet wider apart than in our 

 old standard construction, ne- 

 cessitated making the purlins a 

 bit larger. This larger purlin, 

 however, when secured to the 

 rafter by the usual short steel 

 knee, might have a tendency to 

 sag a bit. To prevent even the 

 possibility of such a thing, we 

 designed a special fitting which 

 extends several inches along 

 both underfaces of the purlin. 



It serves the purpose of both 

 a lug and a brace. 



You might thinlc that the 

 larger purlin, with this Lug Brace might make 

 the frame look rather heavy. But it doesn't. 

 You see you have a third less rafters, posts 



vent lieailor 

 rrsts on the pnrlin 

 nnd i*i siTewed 



llriiily lo it. 



and columns which gives so Sj^ 



much lighter an effect that ^ 



the purlins and Lug Brace are ^ 



in perfect proportion to the ujij 



rest. ^ 



The ventilation sash header Q|j) 



is placed on top of the upper ^ 



purlin, and screwed securely to (J'J 



it. The header is grooved out ^ 



to receive the end of the glass, s.| 



makin? a tig-ht ioint. Drip 1^ 



" 10)1 



from the sash is carried off by Sk 



the header gutter. ^ 



The next Ad. will take up ]^ 



the ridge and truss in our ^ 



Reconstructed Construction, as 

 still furtlier evidence of your being able to de- 

 ])end on depending on Hitchings. And we go 

 anywhere for busines.=> or to talk business. 



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HhnxvH bouse of I-ouis l>Hpuy at W liitestone, L. I. It ifl 35 feet wide, built on a side 

 liill. Our Ke<"onstrurtp<l (on'^trnrtion, nKing only one column, is a deeiiie*! departure 

 in a bouse of tbis widtb, so located. 



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