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16. What will it cost to shingle this roof with 

 shingles worth $3.25 per thousand, laying them five 

 inches to the weather and allowing for a double course 

 at the eaves ? 



17. This building is placed on a wall twelve inches 

 thick and eight feet high. What is the cost of the 

 stone for same at $5 per cord ? 



18. What will it cost to fence a field sixty rods 

 long and forty-five rods wide with a five wire fence, 

 posts one rod apart, worth 5 cents each, staples 6 cents 

 per pound (200 to the pound), wire weighing one 

 pound to the rod, worth $4.50 per cwt., and labor 

 amounting to $6. 



19. What will it cost to build a five board fence 

 around the same field, using twelve-foot boards, six 

 inches wide, and worth $16 per thousand, posts 5 

 cents each, nails and labor, $15. 



LESSON III 



MAP STUDIES OF LIFE A-FIELD 



School out-of-doors. Boys and girls who have en- 

 joyed the free life out of doors all summer may not 

 relish the prospect of sitting indoors during the pleas- 

 ant September days studying from books, while all is 

 life and activity on the farms without. Hence let us 

 begin by bringing some of the life of the farm into 

 the schoolroom, and carrying some of our school prob- 

 lems out to the farm for answer. The fields, the woods, 

 the roadsides, the brooks and the skies shall be our 



