1196 THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



ing twenty-five by forty-two feet; but, as lumber is usually cut 

 in even lengths, it would be better to make the building either 

 twenty-four or twenty-six feet wide. 



BILL OF LUMBER 



FOR BARN OR BARRACKS TWENTY-FIVE BY FORTY-TWO FEET, WITH SIXTEEN-FEET POSTS. 



Two sills, 6 by 6 inches, 42 feet long, . . . .264 feet. 

 Four sills, " " 25 " . . . 300 



Ten posts, " 16 ... 480 



Nail ties, two run all around, 4 by 4 inches, . . 364 

 Six collar beams, or tie beams, 6 by 6 inches, 25 feet long, 450 

 Two plates, 4 by 6 inches, 42 feet long, . . . 176 

 Brace timber, 3 by 4 inches, . . . . 160 



Forty-four rafters, 2 by 5 inches, 16 feet long, . . 586 

 Sheathing, 1 by four inches, ..... 900 



Total frame lumber, .... 3,680 " 



To inclose this building will require, of 



Weather boarding ...... 2,400 " 



Shingles, 9,500. 



The price of lumber will vary in different localities ; but it 

 would cost me, delivered on the ground, as follows : 



3,680 feet of hard frame lumber, at $15 per M., ' . . $55 20 

 2,400 feet of weather boarding, at $17.50 per M., . 42 00 



5,500 shingles, at $4.25 per M., ..... 40 



Making a total for lumber of . . . . $137 



I have allowed, on the plates and long sills, two feet of 

 length extra, as they would need to be spliced, as we could not 

 get timber sawed forty-two feet long. 



Ten dollars would, I think, be a liberal allowance for nails 

 and hinges, which would bring the cost of material for the 

 building to a little less than $150. I have not an exact esti- 

 mate of the carpenter work ; but I read over my plan and bill 

 of lumber to two experienced carpenters, and they both said 

 the cost of work would not exceed fifty dollars. At my esti- 

 mate for lumber, it can be built so as not to cost over five 

 dollars per lineal foot, or $210 for the building, forty-two 

 feet long. 



The amount of storage required for wheat varies so with 

 the season, variety, degree of ripeness, etc., that no exact esti- 

 mate of capacity can be given; but 1 think that enough wheat 



