MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS. 519 



PROBLEMS. 



1. How many board feet are there in a board 6 feet long, 8 inches 

 wide, and 1 inch thick? 



2. How many feet of board measure or lumber in a sill 10 inches 

 square and 60 feet long? 



3. How many feet of lumber in a 2x4 scantling 12 feet long? 



4. A joist is 2x8 and is 20 feet long; how many feet of lumber 

 does it contain? 



5. How many feet of two inch plank lumber will be required to 

 build a cylindrical tank, 12 feet in diameter and 26 inches deep on the 

 inside? What will be the cost of the lumber @ $28 per thousand? 



6. What will the lumber for a threshing floor cost @ $22 per M 

 for oak plank 2 inches thick, if the floor is 40 feet long and 25 feet 

 wide? 



7. How many feet of lumber will be required to board up the 

 gables of a barn 40 feet wide if the roof has one-third pitch? 



Lumber and Frames for Buildings. 



PROBLEMS. 



1. Make out a bill for framing material for a one room building, 

 18 ft. long, 12 ft. wide, and 16 ft. high at the gables, with a roof one- 

 half pitch; the building to be framed with 2 by 4 studding, and rafters 

 2 ft. apart; ceiling joists 2 by 6, 2 ft. apart; sills 2 by 6; purlines 2 by 4. 



2. Draw the plans and make out a bill for lumber required in the 

 framing of a two room building 22 feet long, 10 ft. wide, 10 ft. from 

 top of perline to bottom of sill; construction and dimensions of framing 

 material to be same as given in problem 1. . 



Pupils .should be required to make out a bill of framing 

 material and lumber and other parts necessary for a model mod- 

 ern barn, crib, hen house, cow-barn and other farm buildings. 



This work may be made to include drawings and even the 

 construction of farm dwellings. 



Take the class on a trip to examine a model barn. Have 

 pupils take pencils and tablets and tape line for taking measure- 

 ments. Ha'/e pupils learn names of different pieces of timber 

 in frame and other parts. 



Have pupils make suggestions as to disadvantages noted 

 and how plans might be improved and buildings made more 

 convenient. 



This is farm management and practical agricultural arith- 

 metic. 



