3 oi 



Width of dunging passage, 6ft. 



Width of feeding passage, 4ft. 



Hainmells for feeding cattle, loft, x i5ft. for each animal in shed. 



Cattle-boxes, loft, square, with feeding passage 6ft. wide ; each box 



provided with a door 4ft. wide and a turnip trough. 

 Cattle courts and sheds : 75ft. superficial allowed for each animal in 



sheds, i5oft. in the court. 

 Shed for 300 sheep : jooft. long x I5ft. wide ; court, looft. x Soft., 



or looft. square. 



Roofs. 



A roof of two of span to one of height is suitable for the smaller 



offices. 

 A roof of three feet of span to one of height is suitable up to 3oft. 



span. 

 Roofs under I5ft. span will do with simple tie-beam ; up to 25ft. 



require king-post ; up to 3oft. require struts in addition. 



The following recipes from Macka-y's Australian Agriculture will 

 be found useful in making paint for rough outside work : 



1. Unslackened lime, 20 Ibs., slake it with water, covering 

 during the process to keep in the steam ; strain the liquid through 

 a fine sieve or strainer, and add to it 15 Ibs. or more salt, previously 

 dissolved in water ; rice, 3 Ibs., boiled to a thin paste, and stirred 

 in boiling hot ; Spanish whiting, ^ Ib. ; clean glue, i lb., which has 

 been previously dissolved in water, soaking it well, and then hang- 

 ing it over a slow fire in a small vessel immersed in a larger one 

 filled with water ; next add hot water to the mixture, enough to 

 make a nice thick paint, stir it well, and let it stand a few days 

 covered from dust ; then put it on hot if possible. This will last on 

 wood, stone, or brick for years. 



2. " Machine," or skimmed milk, 2 quarts ; fresh slackened 

 lime, 6J ozs. ; linseed oil, 4 ozs. ; common whiting, 3 Ibs. Put the 

 lime into a stoneware vessel ; pour upon it sufficient milk to make 

 it like thick cream ; add the oil a little at a time ; mix thoroughly ; 

 add remainder of milk, then the whiting made fine ; keep the 

 whole well stirred while using. 



3. Cement wash (cement, or water-lime, as some call it). Mix 

 the cement with water, and apply three or four coats. Any color 

 may be added. This will last for years, and by renewing once in 

 two or three years a building may continue looking well at small 

 expense. 



4. Use common stone lime ; slake or reduce it to powder in a 

 tub, by pouring on sufficient water. During the process cover the 

 tub with a bag to keep in the steam, then pass the powder through 

 a fine sieve, and to every 6 quarts add a quart of salt and a gallon 

 of water ; then boil and skim clear ; to every 5 gallons of the liquid 

 add pulverised alum i lb., pulverised bluestone J lb., and add, very 

 slowly, about 6 Ibs. of fresh burnt wood-ashes from mangrove or 



