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INDEX 



Silos in reinforced concrete, ladder to filling 

 door, 219 

 „ reinforced concrete, materials re- 

 quired for, 228 

 ,, reinforced concrete, painting, 225 

 „ reinforced concrete, patching, 224, 



225 

 ,, reinforced concrete, roof for, 225-228 

 ,, reinforced concrete, scaffolding for, 



223 

 ,, reinforced concrete, spraying, 225 

 „ stone and brick, 205-215 



„ floor for, 215 

 „ ,, „ part below ground* 



208 

 „ ,, „ plastering, 215 



,, „ ,, walls above ground, 



208-210 

 „ main types, 205 

 „ materials of construction, 208 

 Silver grain, 114 

 Single-slope roofs, 54, 55 

 Site for buildings, 3, 20 

 „ homestead, 3 

 „ piggeries, 197 

 Size, glue, 113 

 Skirting boards, 72, 118 

 Sleeper walls, 67 

 Sliding doors, 97-99 

 Slope or pitch of roofs, 53, 54 

 Slop water, disposal of, 271-273 

 Sneeze wood, 124 

 Soffit board, 62 

 Soft wood, 117 



Space required in pig pens, 197 

 Specification for cow-byre, 290-300 

 Specifications, 289-300. See under Dif- 

 ferent Materials, etc. 

 Stable gulley trap, 268 

 Stables, 179-192 



., doors in, 182, 183 

 ,, drainage from, 185 

 „ floors in, 184-186 

 „ harness-room, 180, 181 

 ,, internal dimensions of, 186, 187 

 ,, lighting and ventilation of, 183, 184 

 ,, lofts over, 181, 182 

 ,, mangers for, 190, 191 

 ,, provision of mosquito netting, 192 

 „ stall divisions for, 187-189 

 „ ventilation of, 61, 62, 183, 184 

 Stall divisions for cow-byres, 158-162 



„ „ for stables, 187-189 



Stalls, dimensions of, for cow-byres, 158 

 „ „ „ for stables, 186, 187 



Stanchions, neck, for cows, 162-165 

 Steading, laying out a, 2, 3 

 Steadings, further lay-out plans for, 332-334 



Stinkwood, 123 



Stock doors, sizes of, 92 



„ windows, sizes of, 103 

 Stone for cement concrete, 128, 293 

 „ silos, 205-215. See under Silos in 

 Stone and Brick. 

 Stoneware drain pipes, 267 



„ ., falls for, 267 



„ „ „ flushing of, 267, 268 



„ „ „ laying of, 267 



„ „ ,, specification for, 299 



Stonework, 37-40 

 Straining posts of reinforced concrete, 143- 



146 

 Stretcher, definition of, 26 

 Stretching bond, 26 



„ course, definition of, 26 

 Struts, definition of, in roof, 56 

 Styles, 91 



Suction gas engine, 6 

 Sumps, specification for, 300 



Tank in reinforced concrete, 229-234 



„ „ „ design of, 308- 



312 

 „ „ „ materials for, 



234 

 „ „ „ moulds or forms 



for, 231-233 

 Tarring fencing posts, 253 

 Tar used for damp course, 23 

 ., ,, damp-proof composition, 178, 



208 

 Tenon joints, 75, 76 



haunched, 75, 90, 91 

 „ ,, oblique, 76 

 Termites and buildings, 303-305 

 Thatch, advantages, 315 



,, disadvantages, 315-316 

 Thatched roofs, 63, 64 



,, ,, in dairies, 172, 173 



Thatching on the farm, 315-330 



„ practice in Gt. Britain, 316 



„ „ S. Africa, 317 



roof trusses, 323-325 

 Tie beam, definition of, 56 

 Timber, 114-126 



,, attachment of, to brickwork, 49 



,, characteristics of good, 115 



„ decay of, 124-126 



,, exotic, 119-123 



„ hard wood, 117, 118 



,, indigenous, 123, 124 



„ preservative processes, 125 



,, seasoning of, 115-117 



