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INDEX 



Joint, dowelled, 77 



„ mortar, for farm buildings, 49 

 Joints, dovetail halved, for wall plates, 75 



,, half-lap, for wall plates, 74, 75 



„ halved or half-lap, 73, 75 



„ haunched tenon, 75, 91 



„ in woodwork, 73-77 



,, mortise and tenon, 75, 76 



,, oblique scarfed, 74 



,, oblique tenon, 76 



scarfed or spliced, 73-75, 297 

 Joists, ceiling, 72 



flooring, 67-72 



K. 



Karri, 121 



Killing knots, 111 



King-post, definition of, 56 



Kitchen sink, drainage from, 271-273 



Lean-to roofs, 54, 55 



Lighting area to be provided in windows, 

 105 

 ,, of cow-byres, 152 

 „ of piggeries, 193-195 

 of stables, 183, 184 

 Lightning, protection of buildings from, 



302, 303, 329-330 

 Lime mortar, 106. See under Mortar. 

 „ plastering, 106, 107. See under 

 Mortar. 

 Lintels, 45, 46 



,, dimensions of, 45, 46 

 ,, of reinforced concrete, 45, 46, 295 

 ,, of reinforced concrete, specification 

 for, 45, 46, 295 

 Liquid manure pump, 276 



., tank, 7, 275, 276 

 Litter carriers in cow-byres, 153, 154 



,, „ in dairy sheds, 166-170 



Lock, mortise, 95-97 



„ rim, 95-97 

 Lofts over stables, 181, 182 

 Loose-boxes for horses, 7, 188, 189 



M. 



Machinery, arrangement of, 6, 7 



„ „ of, in dairy sheds, 



168, 169 

 Machine shearing, 264-266 

 Mangers in cow-byres, 157, 158 

 „ in stables, 190, 191 



Manure channels in cow-byres, 164, 165 

 „ liquid, tank, 7, 275, 276 

 „ pump, liquid, 276 

 ,, stead, or dung-stead, 276, 277 

 Masonry, 37-40 



„ block-stone, 40 

 „ classes of, 39, 40 

 „ quantity of mortar required for, 279 

 „ rough rubble, 39, 40 

 „ squared, or snecked rubble, 40 

 Materials, list of, required for circular sheep 

 dipping tank, 256, 257 

 „ ,, required for reinforced 



concrete cattle dipping 

 tank, 243, 244 

 „ „ required for small cottage, 



287, 288 

 „ required for reinforced concrete 



silo, 228, 280-282 

 „ required for reinforced concrete 



tank or reservoir, 234 

 „ required for small farm dairy, 332 



Medullary rays, 114 



Milking machines in dairy sheds, 168. 169 

 Mortar, lime, 106 



„ materials for 1 cubic yard of com- 

 pact plastic cement, made with 

 coarse sand, 283 

 „ materials for 1 cubic yard of com- 

 pact plastic cement, made with 

 fine sand, 135 

 „ quantities of cement and sand for 

 cement, for pointing brickwork, 279 

 „ quantities of lime and sand for lime, 



for brickwork, 278, 279 

 „ quantities of lime and sand for lime, 



for rubble masonry, 279 

 „ quantities of lime, sand, and water 



for lime, 278 

 „ quantity of cement required for 



cement, for laying bricks, 283 

 „ quantity of lime, required for laying 



bricks, 278 

 „ quantity of lime required for lime. 



for plastering brickwork, 279 

 „ quantity required for pointing brick- 

 work, 279 

 „ specification for cement, 294 

 „ „ „ lime, 294 



Mortise and tenon joints, 75, 76 



„ lock, 95-97 

 Mould for bricks, 10, 11 

 Moulds, or forms, for concrete work, 131 

 132, 221, 222, 231- 

 233, 239, 240 

 „ „ „ reinforced concrete 



cattle dipping tank, 

 239, 240 



