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FABM APPLIANCES. 



the posts may be simply set in the ground, twelve feet 

 apart ; but if permanency is desired, it is best to use sills, 

 set level upon a flat stone at each corner, and sup- 

 ported in the middle. The posts must, moreover, be 

 braced to the sills, either by diagonal braces, or straight 

 rails, roughly squared, two by four, mortised into the 

 posts at a height of four feet above the sills, or at a height 

 of six feet, in case the barrack may be intended to be 

 boarded up to make a stable. They make very good 



Fig. 156. 



BARRACK WITH THATCHED ROOF. 



Fig. 157. 

 MANNER OF RAISING. 



shelter for young cattle or horses, the inside between the 

 sills being filled up level with stones, and finished with a 

 layer of cement concrete. The cover, or roof, must be 

 as light as is consistent with strength and efficacy, and 

 may be of boards, or thatch, the latter being by far the 

 most picturesque, and being lighter, it is easier to raise 

 and lower. Before the posts are set, they are bored with 

 inch holes, either twelve or fourteen inches apart, from 

 the top down, exactly in the middle line, each set per- 

 fectly level, and pass through the posts in the :?,me di- 

 rection. Four pins of three-quarter inch iron, fourteen 

 inches long, turned up a little at one end, and bent 



