INDEX 



347 



Boofs, lean-to, 54, 55 



„ pitch or slope of, 53, 54 



,, single slope, 54, 55 



„ thatched, 63, 64, 323-329 



„ in dairies, 172, 173 



„ types of, 54 

 Eoot pulper, 6 

 Rot, dry, 125 

 „ dry, prevention of, 125, 126 

 „ wet, 124 

 Rubble masonry, estimating quantity of 

 mortar for, 278, 279 

 ,, „ rough, 39, 40 



,, ., squared or snecked, 40 



Safe guards or farrow guards, 200 

 Sand for cement concrete, 127, 128, 293 

 ,, „ mortar, 133 



,, lime mortar, 106 



„ „ plaster, 106, 107 



Sanitary dairy sheds, 166-170 

 Sapwood, 114 



Scantlings, common, 117, 118 

 Scarfed joint, halved or half-lap, 73 

 „ ,, oblique, 74 



„ ,, splayed, with keys, 74 



Scarfed or spliced joints, 73-75, 297 

 Seasoning of timber, 115-117 



„ air, 116, 117 

 „ „ water, 116 



Settlement cracks in brickwork, 24, 25 

 Shaft, chimney, 51, 200 

 Shafting, etc., 6, 166, 169, 265 

 Shafting for machine shearing, 265 

 Shakes, types of, 115 

 Shearing sheds and yards, sheep, 260-266 

 Shed, cheap type of, 88 



,, for full-grown cattle, 55 

 „ implement, 80-82 

 ,, lean-to, for young stock, 82-84 

 „ shearing, 260-266 

 Sheds, economical designs for, 88, 325-329 

 Sheep dipping tanks, 245-259 



„ building, 246, 247 

 „ „ building the outslope, 



247, 248 

 „ „ cement concrete for, 



255, 256 

 n „ cement mortar for, 256 



„ „ circular, 245-258 



„ ,, construction of stone, 



256 

 , 5 „ cost of, 257 



v. ., decoy pen for, 249-251 



!) » dripping pens for, 251- 



253 



Sheep dipping tanks, drying yard for, 253 

 „ ,, entrance race for, 249 



,, forcing pen for, 249 

 „ „ gates for, 255 



„ graduating, for capa- 

 city, 259 

 ,, ,, important precautions, 



256 

 ,, „ inslide for, 248 



., „ lime mortar for, 255 



,, „ list of materials for 



circular tank, 256, 257 

 ,, „ other methods of fenc- 



ing, 253-255 

 „ ,, receiving yard for, 253 



,, ., rectangular, 258, 259 



,, ,, rendering the inner 



surface of, 248 

 Sheep shearing sheds and yards, 260-266 

 Silage cutter, driving, 6 



„ pressure exerted by, on walls of silo, 



207 

 „ total weight of, stored in silo, 207, 



208, 216 

 ,, weight to be stored, 207 

 Sills, window, 46, 47 

 Silo, chute for, 213-215, 221, 228 

 ., cubic capacity of, 207, 216 

 .. depth of, 205, 206 

 „ emptying doors for, 211-213, 219 

 „ floor of, 215 

 ., form of, 207 

 ,. pit, 206 

 ., plastering, 215 

 ,, pressure exerted by ensilage on walls 



of, 207 

 ., roof for a circular, 225-228 

 ., „ square, 211 



,. total weight of silage stored in, 207, 



208, 216 

 „ tower, 206 

 Silos, height of, 206, 219 



„ in connection with dairy sheds, 166 

 Silos in reinforced concrete, 216-228 



„ reinforced concrete, building the wall 



of, 223, 224 

 ,, reinforced concrete, calculation of 

 horizontal reinforcing bars in wall 

 of, 307, 308 

 „ reinforced concrete, calculation of 

 quantities of materials for, 280-282 

 ,, reinforced concrete, ereotion of, 222 

 ,, reinforced concrete, excavation fcr 



foundation of, 222, 223 

 ,, reinforced concrete, filling door for, 

 228 

 reinforced concrete, forms for, 221, 

 222 



