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FARM BUILDING 



United States i 191 267 Steering gear for tractors. 



I 191 817 — I 191 853 — I 191 423 Tractors. 

 United Kingdom 100436 Tractor. 



Miscell-incous. 



Germany 291 095 Tool for makinc; holes for square piles. 



291 377 Rubber pad for horse-shoes. 



121 1 - Portable Building. — Maurin G., in journal d' Agriculture pratique, 8oth Year, 

 Mew Series, Vol. 29, No. 18 pp. 310-312, 2 figs. Paris, September 7, 1916. 



The Gonot-Gorgeon portable building can be pux to a great number of 

 uses : stables.byres, shops, dwelling houses, etc. The writer describes the 

 simplest type of temporaiy structure which can be elected in a few days with 

 previously prepared material. 



Portable building - Transverse section. 



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The truss is formed of two stout tiprights h, each connected with a rafter 

 a. hy wrought iron straps d ; the foot of the rafter buts on a ledge c fixed to 

 the upright 6. Coupling bolts hold the uprights and the rafters a. The foot 

 of the upright h is triangulated by a strut p and tied to the latter by coupling 

 bolts g which are seated on the raising-piece s. 



The structure is closed by wood p»anels with but-joints and internal 

 cross-bars, those for the roof being 9 ft. X 3 ft. and those for the sides m 12 

 H. X 3 ft. These panelc are covered with tarred felt or similar material. 

 The trusses are spaced 9.8 ft. from centre to centre. 



The structure is very rigid and gives little bold to the wind. Rain water 

 is discharged by two lateral drains iv. The building can be floored and will 

 last for some years, if treated every other year with a coat of tar and sand. 

 A mixture of two parts of tar with one part of resin may also be used hot. 



