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The Farmstead 



story houses have " sway -backed" peaks because 

 of this faulty construction. (See Fig. 35, page 

 124, broken- back house.) If story- and- a -half 

 houses must be built, then they should be cov- 



Fig. 70. Half pitch and an efficient collar-beam. 



ered by roofs having at least one -half pitch, in 

 which case the collar -beams could be placed 

 relatively lower and the thrust on the plates 

 would be very much diminished by the steeper 



