FARM BUILDINGS 



side the buildings are tooled with stone axes to 

 give a rough stone finish to the structure. 



Sometimes old buildings are improved by re- 

 moving the siding and covering the frame with 

 two thicknesses of roofing paper well lapped. 

 Then put on furring strips about one foot apart, 

 and on these fasten metal laths; after this apply 

 the scratch coat half an inch thick (composed 

 of five parts Portland cement, twelve parts 

 clean coarse sand, three parts lime, and a small 

 quantity of hair), and press it partly through 

 the opening in the laths, roughing the surface 

 with a stick or a trowel. Allow this to set well 

 and apply the finishing coat one-half to one inch 

 thick, composed of one part Portland cement, 

 three parts clean coarse sand, and one part 

 slacked lime paste. This coat can be put on 

 and smoothed with a wooden float, or can be 

 thrown on with a trowel, or with a large stiff- 

 fibred brush if a spatter-dash finish is desired. 

 A pebble-dash finish may be obtained with a 

 final coat of one part Portland cement, three 

 parts coarse sand and pebbles not a quarter of 

 an inch In diameter, thrown on with a trowel. 

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