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ECONOMY OF THE ROUND DAIRY BAKN 



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remaining ones were cut to rest on the plate of the silo. There are 

 64 framed rafters^ and these are the only ones in the upper section 

 of the roof. At the break in the roof, a header is cut in between 

 the framed rafters, and in the lower section a rafter is placed be- 

 tween these, thus making twice as many rafters in the lower sec- 

 tion of the roof as in the upper section. After the rafters were all 

 in place and temporarily braced, the ix2-inch sheathing was put 

 on, as shown in Fig 15, and the shingles, which were the best 5/2 



FIG. 17. SHOWING ARRANGEMENT OK JOISTS AND HOW THE IU,OOK is I,AID. 



red cedar, were laid 5 inches to the weathef on the lower section 

 of the roof, and 4 inches to the weather on the upper section, as 

 this had less pitch. No chalk line was necessary, as the shingles 

 were laid by the sheathing. 



The floor was made of 1x8 ship lap, laid in four directions, as 

 shown in Fig. 17. In the driveway an extra layer of ship lap was 

 used, making this portion of the floor 2 inches thick. 



