204 THE farmers' handbook. 



removed, may be also dealt with. With the work thus concentrated there 

 should be no accumulation of " pieces," which is one of the chief drawbacks 

 to the successful handling of wool, especially where proper conveniences have 

 not been supplied. 



The specifications which follow include also the specifications for the yards 

 and dip connected with the building. 



Materials. —All materials to be supplied by the contractor are to be of the best quality 

 and description of their respective kinds and subject to the approval of the supervising 

 officer. 



Timber. — The whole of the timber, unless otherwise specified, to be of cypress pine ; 

 cut square to the full sizes specified, and sound in all respects. Oregon pine where 

 specified to be free from shakes, large or loose knots, and clean sawn. 



Walls. — Construct the walls with 4-inch x 4-inch corner, door and angle studs, 4- inch 

 x 2i-inch common studs at 18-inch centres, tenoned and housed §-inch into 5-inch x 

 4-inch bottom, and 4-inch x 2^-inch top plates, and well spiked braced at all angles, or 

 where so directed with 3-inch x H-inch halved and sunk flush into outer face of studs. 



Trim for all windows, doors, and other openings shown or specified all tenoned and 

 housed at ends as for studs. 



Bottom plates to be supported with wood blocks, spaced not more than 5-feet csntres 

 or less than 2 feet into the ground, corner, and intersection blocks not less than 12 inches 

 diameter ; others 9 inches at small end. 



Line over all studs externally with 6-inch x 1-inch rusticated weatherboards fixed in 

 long lengths, and finishing at angles to 3-inch x 1^-inch wrought stops, and to door and 

 window linings. 



Top boards to be cut to fit close round rafter feet, and up to iron or batten set in 

 position to suit. 



Roof. — Construct roof with 5- inch x 2£-inch rafters, fixed at 3-feet centres, 

 birdsmouthed to wall plates, cut plumb at foot, and splayed against 8-inch x 1^-inch 

 ridge board, or crossed and halved together, and have 4-inch x 2-inch pole plate fixed to 

 ends of rafters to take curved iron ridging, as indicatea. To each crossing put |-inch 

 bolt for nut and washer. 



To each pair of rafters put 5-inch x 2-inch collar tie, scarfed out f-inch at ends, and 

 bolted and nailed to rafters with §-ineh bolts as before. 



Provide and fix with bolts at ends 7-inch x 2^-inch Oregon tie beams and fit to each 

 two hangers of 4-inch x 2-inch, scarfed f-inch on and bolted witli g-inch bolts. Put 

 similar rafters to engine room lean-to roof. Finish at each gable with 8-inch x 1^-inch 

 wrought redwood barge boards with 1^-inch scotia planted under iron roll. To each 

 gable of pitched roof, provide and set in 4-inch x 2-inch with 6-inch x 3-inch sill, louvre, 

 ventilator frame, filled in with 24-gauge plain iron louvres, set in saw cuts at If-inch 

 spaces, and turned up and down at edges \ inch. Finish with 7-inch x 1-inch redwood 

 wrought barge boards and scotia as before, brace roof diagonally as may be directed 

 with 3-inch x H-inch battens firmly spiked to underside of rafters from ridge to wall 

 plates or where directed. 



Intersection of tie beams, under valleys and to outer walls to be supported by round 

 post, where indicated, and ridges over to be supported from top of same. 



Fix at 30-inch centres, 3-inch x lj-inch battens to take iron. Set to valleys S-inch 

 x lj-inch oregon valley boards. 



Floors. — On 5-inch x 4-inch bearers well spiked to supporting blocks, and to bottom 

 plates, fix 6-inch x 2^-inch joists at 18-inch centres, cutting down at outer doors to 

 receive 7-inch x 25-inch door sills. Trim where and as required for chute doors, wool 

 press, and to take studs of partition framing as may be directed. Cover the whole of 

 the wool room, expert's room and shearing board with 4-inch x 1-inch tongued and 

 grooved flooring, cut close all round studs, and up to weather boards, double nailed 

 at each crossing, punched, and all joints properly planed off flush. 



