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FABM BUILDINGS IN SOUTH AFRICA 



The butter-and-nrilk room, 

 6 feet by 9 feet in size, serves 

 as a store for these products, 

 and is fitted with shelves for 

 that purpose. 



On the stoep are a wash- 

 up sink, and a set of open 

 spar- work shelves in the form 

 of a stand, on which the 

 washed buckets and utensils 

 can be placed to dry and 

 sweeten. These shelves should 

 be placed so that they receive 

 a good deal of direct sunshine 

 during the day. 



For the sake of coolness, 

 hollow brick walls and a 

 thatched roof are adopted. 

 The outer skin of the walls 

 is 4^ inches thick, air space 

 4| inches wide, and inner 

 skin 9 inches thick. The 

 thatching of the roof should 

 be at least 6 inches, but 

 preferably 9 inches, thick. 

 The space between the ceiling 

 and the thatching is venti- 

 lated by a triangular shaped 

 louvred ventilator at each end 

 of the roof, as shown. The 

 ceiling ventilators consist of 

 square frames, carrying fly- 

 netting, fitted into holes in 

 the ceiling between the tie 

 beams of the roof trusses. 

 One of these ventilators might 

 be hinged, so that it will act 

 as a trap-door giving access 



