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The Farmstead 



Second-story joist. 



■ In windy, cold climates, where lumber is at 

 all abundant, a second boarding may be placed 

 inside, covered with paper and furrowed out 

 with a single thickness of lath to allow, as in 



the former case, 

 the formation of 

 clinches. There 

 is no objection 

 to boarding hor- 

 izontally on the 

 inside, if the out- 

 '^'—' side has been 

 boarded diago- 

 nally. The term "rough boarding" has 

 been used, but it should be said that the 

 boarding which forms the first covering, 

 sometimes called sheathing, should be 

 brought to uniform thickness and matched 

 ■i\! * i or rabbeted. 



^ Wherever greater strength of wall is 



desired than can be formed by a single 2x5 

 studding, as at the corners, or by a single 2x10 

 joist, as where partitions are to be placed, it is 

 better to spike two or more pieces together than 

 to have pieces sawed of the dimensions desired. 

 These made-up pieces or timbers are stronger 

 than solid pieces of the same character and di- 

 mensions, since the continuity of the cross -grain 

 of the wood is broken in the made-up pieces. 



