INDEX 



345 



Moulds, or forms, for reinforced concrete 

 silo, 221, 222 

 „ „ „ reinforced concrete 



tank or reservoir, 

 231-233 



Munting, 91 



N. 



Neck stanchions for cows, 160-165 

 Notched, or checked joint, 76 



O. 



Ocotea bullata, 123 

 Offsets, 48 

 Oil engine, 6 

 ,, „ power of, for machine shearing, 



266 

 Olea laurifolia, 123, 124 

 Olea verrucosa, 124 

 Openings in walls for windows, doors, etc., 



41 

 Oregon fir, 117 



Outlet, foul air, from drains, 269-271 

 Overhead feed and litter carriers in cow- 



hyres, 153, 154 

 Overhead feed and litter carriers in dairy 



sheds, 163, 167, 168, 169, 170 

 Oxide of iron, red, used for giving red finish 



to cement-concrete granolithic floors, 295 



P. 



Tainting, 109-112 



,, killing knots, 111 

 ,, materials used in, 109, 110 

 „ preparation of woodwork for, 111 

 ,, priming, 111 

 ,, repainting old work, 112 

 ,, stopping and, 111 

 Paint, proportions of ingredients for oil, 

 110, 111 

 ,, wash for removing oil, 112 

 Paintwork, durability of, 111, 112 

 Pasteurising milk, 170 

 Pavilion roof, 56 

 Piggeries, 193-204 



„ avoidance of extremes of tempera- 

 ture in, 197 

 ,, boiler-house or food-preparation 

 room in, 200 



Piggeries, centralised or large house system, 

 193-202 

 ,, cleanliness in, 195-197 

 ,, Colony system, 202-204 

 ,, drainage from, 199, 200 

 „ dry floors in, 195 

 ,, farrow guards or safe guards in, 

 200 

 floors in, 198, 199 

 ,, foundations of, 198 

 lighting of, 193-195 

 „ roof for, 198 

 ,, site for, 197 

 ,, space required in, 197 

 ,, ventilation of, 195 

 „ walls for, 197, 198 

 Piggery, requirements for a good, 193-197 



,, wood-and-iron, 84, 85 

 Pigments, 110 

 Pinus canariensis, 122 

 ,, halepensis, 122, 123 

 ,, palustris, 122 

 Pipes, falls for drain, 267 



flushing of drain, 267, 268 

 laying of drain, 267 

 specification for drain, 299 



,, for laying drain, 299 



stoneware drain, 267 

 Pitch of roofs, 53, 54 



,, used for damp course, 23 

 „ „ for damp-proof composition, 178, 

 208 

 Plan of a small farm dairy, 330-332 

 Plaster for unburned bricks, 107, 108 



i, quantities of cement and sand 

 required for cement, 135, 282, 283 

 Plastering cement concrete cattle dipping 

 tank, 240 

 ,, cement, 134, 135 



lime, 106, 107 

 „ silo, 215 

 Podocarpus elongata, 123 



„ thunbergii, 123 



Pointing, quantities of cement and sand 

 required for, brickwork, 279 

 „ quantity of mortar required for, 



brickwork, 279 

 Pointings, specification for, 293 

 Poplar, 118 

 Portland cement, 127, 293. See tinder 



Cement. 

 Pots, chimney, 51 

 Principal, definition of, 56 

 Principals for different spans, 56-59 



,, notes on erection of, 58, 59 



Pteroxylon utile, 124 

 Pug-mill, 10 

 Pump, liquid manure, 276 



