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HORTICULTURE 



July 31, 1920 



Till'* !•• nil intfrinr of 

 It. «.. WilUic's biK Vi 

 foot lioiise h( I'imikIi- 

 k.Ti.sie. N. Y. 

 \«l«' the criss <t«i?>** 

 hriK-Inf;; also the )>rii<'eH 

 ;:oiiit: Irnin triitilt' lo 

 ri(lK<' ami fruiii Kilhli- 

 to |1h> first coluntn inni 

 >>o on Into II f'oncretr 

 fnoiinf; in thf ground. 



N4iti* tlie sturdy kuI'I*' 

 riiTtiTs witii u ciilile 

 purlin at the top of liie 

 siinie Kize. OhNerve 



that the rid^e brace In 

 siTiire^l dir«'<'!ly to the 

 siinu' purlin. 

 >«■<■ the strenKlh and 

 fr«Miuenry of tlloKe in- 

 trrinediute angle iron 

 purlins. 



Most Gables Cause Most Glass Breakage 



When the wind strikes the roof full broad 



side, its force is greatly lessened by sliding 



up the slant and off into space on the other 



side. 



But with gables it's different. 



The full force of the full wind, strikes them 



at times, full on. 



There is no sliding off. 



It's just like one hu.ge sledge hammer blow. 



Unless gables are rightly framed and then 



interframed with the main frame of the 



house — those terrific blows rack the entire 



frame 



Such constant racking, gradually but surely 



loosens the roof glass. 



"Pooh! Pooh!" you say, "Hitchings brace 



their gables needlessly." 



To which we answer, that if doing w^hat you 



think is needless, prevents needless glass 



loosening and slipping, then we have a 

 notion that we better keep right on doing 

 that needless thing. 



But to get back to basic framing facts, we 

 frame our gables and roofs so that all 

 strains are so far as possible, equally dis- 

 tributed over the entire frame work. 

 In comparison, Hitchings framing is quite 

 like a wheel, no one spoke of which bears 

 the load. 



The strain and the load weight are both 

 carried by the spokes to the rim and tire, 

 which in turn distributes it back again to 

 the spokes. 



After all is said and done it therefore figures 

 down to whether the extra gable bracing 

 we use is better than having loosened glass. 

 You know we go anywhere for business. 

 Or to talk business. 



HiicKings °gf G)mpan>^ 



NEW YORK 

 1170 Broadway 



General Offices and Factory: Elizabeth, N. J. 



BOSTON-9 

 294 Washington Street 



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