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of an inch. "When a barn is framed in this manner with purline 

 learns, the boss must remember not to pin one of the outside 

 posts when raising the building, until after the purline posts have 

 been put up ; because the girts which connect the purline posts 

 with the main posts, cannot be put in after both of the main posts 

 have been pinned ; unless one end of one of the girts is framed 

 without a shoulder, so that it may be run through one post and 

 then brought back to its place and pinned. If the barn is very 

 wide there should be two middle posts instead of one, placed far 

 enough apart for the width of the floor. 



MANNER OF FRAMING A CORN-HOUSE. 



FIG. 8. 49. Fig. 8 represents a 



very good style of framing 

 the bents of a corn-house. 

 The figure represents one 

 of the bents. A A are. 

 the spaces for cribs; and 

 should not be more than 

 three feet wide at the bot 

 tom, and as high as may 

 be desired. - The bents 

 should be placed about 

 three feet apart, with girts 

 between them not more than 

 three feet apart, to which 

 slats are to be nailed. 

 The space B is for the 

 door or threshing floor, which should be tight for holding shelled 

 corn. This space should be not less than seven feet wide with 

 doors at each end of the building, so that a wagon loaded with 

 corn ears can be Driven through it. The upper floor should be 

 made of slats or narrow boards, laid half, an inch apart, for hold 

 ing the poor corn. If the corn is not sorted in the field, it can 



JTOST IMPROVED MANNER OF FRAMING AN INDIAN CORN- 

 HOOSE. 



