202 THE FARMERS HANDBOOK. 



To gables against silo provide flashing by turning up the roof covering 6 inches 

 against the studs under the weatherboards. To finial on chaff' silo roof fix lead flashing, 

 properly dressed into chasing around finial and 8 inches down on to roof. Fix down- 

 pipes to conduct water to the two tanks where shown. Flash where necessary over 

 exposed doors and windows, with either plain iron or lead as may be required. 



Roof, if covered with iron, to have all sheets fixed with screws and washers, properly 

 put in, and as may be directed to each sheet. The iron to be closely fitted to ridge and 

 hip boards, the hollows turned up if necessary. All to be fixed with l£ inches lap at 

 sides and 6 inches at ends. If with Malthoid the required lengths to reach from eaveto 

 eave, to be cut off and laid over rcof to stretch before fixing, then to be fixed with 

 solution on the joints and nails at 3-inch centres, all as specified in manufacturers 

 instructions issued with each roll of Malthoid. Set on prepared stand two tanks, and 

 fit overflow to conduct water to the ground. 



Painter. 

 All weatherboards and slabbing to have two coats of stain and oil as will be directed. 

 All doors, shutters and sashes to be painted both sides with white lead and colour paint, 

 three coats, and all barge rafters, rafter feet finial to be painted three coats, white paint. 



An Economical Implement Shed. (Fig. 10.) 



In this case, the design, which was prepared for Wagga Experiment 

 Farm, provides for an implement shed of six open bays, constructed with 

 round posts, and roofed with cypress pine frame and galvanised corrugated 

 iron. 



The specifications follow : — 



Timber. — The timber throughout to be of first-class cypress pine, and spaced as 

 indicated on the drawings. 



Posts.— Posts to be of uniform shape not less than 9 inches diameter at small ends, 

 spaced as indicated on drawings, set 3 feet into the ground and well rammed. To the 

 six posts shown on plan, put 6-inch x 3-inch sole plates and 4-inch x 2-inch struts well 

 spiked at joints and to posts. All timbers sunk into the ground f o be first coated with 

 a heavy coat of hot tar, the tar to be dried hard before the holes are filled in. Tops of 

 posts to be scarfed out to take top plates and collar ties, holed for ^-inch bolts. 



Roof. — Construct roof with 7-inch x 3-inch wall plates, secured to posts with ^-inch 

 cup head bolts and nuts, 4-inch x 3-inch struts under, toed into plates and to posts, 

 5-inch x 2-inch rafters, birdsmouthed over plates and cut and spiked to 8-inch x l|-incn 

 ridge board, 5-inch x 2-inch collar ties scarfed f inch on to alternate pairs of rafters, 

 4-inch x 2-inch braces to collar ties, also 4-inch x 3-inch centre piece supporting ridge 

 board from centre posts, all bolted together with finch cup head bolts through crossings 

 and top of centre posts. Brace ends of roof on all sides with 3-inch x l|-inch diagonal 

 braces spiked to under side of rafters. 



Walls. — Enclose each end of shed, including gables, with 4-inch x 2-inch studs at 18 

 inch centres, shouldered § inch, and tenoned 2 inches into 4-inch x 4-inch bottom plate 

 and 4-inch x 3-inch plate. Bottom plates to be supported with 9- inch diameter wood 

 blocks set 18 inches into the ground. Brace studs, with 3-inch x l|-inch diagonal 

 braces halved and sunk flush, or lj-inch x 16-gauge galvanised hoop iron, nailed to each 

 stud. Line over studs with 6-inch x 1-inch rusticated weatherboards neatly cut against 

 posts and double nailed on each stud. 



Guttering. — Provide and fix to eaves on strong long-tailed galvanised iron brackets 

 (one to each rafter) 5-inch quarter round 24-gauge galvanised iron gutters with lapped, 

 rivetted, and soldered joints and the necessary stop ends. 



Down Pipes. — To each end of guttering fix 3-inch 24-gauge galvanised iron down 

 pipes, securely strapped to posts and provided with shoes to discharge on to the ground 

 where directed. 



Roof Iron. — Cover the whole of the roof with 26-gauge galvanised corrugated iron 

 fixed to 3-inch by 1^-inch battens with If-inch galvanised screws and lead washers, four 

 to each batten in each sheet. To have 1A corrugations lap at sides and 6-inch lap it 

 ends. Finish with 2-inch roll over rafter at gable ends, and fix 3-inch by li-fnch batten 

 under rolls. 



Ridge Capping. — Cover ridge with 16-inch 24-gauge galvanised ridge capping boxed 

 in at gables, and screwed down at every fourth corrugation. 



Painter. —With boiled linseed oil, and one-sixth part varnish added ; paint with two 

 coats all weatherboards to gable ends of building. 



