104 FEEDING ANIMALS. 



Let us now look at the main building above the base- 

 ment. Posts are 24 feet long ; and as many small farmers 

 may wish to look at the cost of this barn in detail, we will 

 give specifications of materials and cost, at the present low 

 figures, which may be raised or lowered according to 

 locality : 



SCHEDULE. 



Feet. 



8 sills, 8 X 1022 feet 1,176 



4 cross-sills, 8 X 1026 feet, spliced 692 



8 corner posts, 8 X 1024 feet 1,280 



8plates, 8 X 10, 22 feet 1,176 



4 floor beams, 8 X 1026 feet, spliced 692 



4 door posts, 6 X 813 feet 208 



4 posts, under floor-beams, 8 X 1013 feet 346 



2 scaffold beams, 8 X 1926 feet, spliced (these go under 



one floor-beam, 8 feet above the floor) 346 



34 girths, 4 X 520 feet (5 tiers on six sides and 2 over 



each door 1,132 



2 girths, 4 X 820 feet, over doors 106 



8 hip-rafters, 5 X 10 34 feet 1,134 



8 middle rafters, 3 X 8 32 feet 512 



16 intermediate, 3 X 626 feet 624 



16 intermediate, 3 X 620 feet 480 



16 intermediate, 2 X 614 feet 224 



16 intermediate, 2 X 69 feet 128 



24 joists, 3 X 10 14 feet (lower floor) 840 



34 joists, 3 X 1017 feet (lowerfloor) 1,335 



17 joists, 3 X 817 feet (scaffold) 578 



Plank for barn floor, 12 X 50 feet (2-inch) 1,200 



Floor under scaffold, IX inches 1,125 



Floor under bay, 1 inch 750 



Floor under scaffold, 1 inch 750 



44 braces, 4 X6, 7 feet long 616 



Roof boards 3,100 



Total rough lumber 20,551 



Four thousand five hundred feet 6-inch, well-seasoned, 

 dressed and matched pine, one-fourth added 5,650 feek 

 for siding and cornice. 



SUMMARY OP COST. 



Wall, 1,487 cubic feet (concrete) '10c. per cubic foot $147.70 



20,551 feet coarse lumber, $8 164.40 



5,550 feet pine siding, $17.. 96.00 



500 Ibs. nails, $3 15.00 



Sash and glass 25.00 



Carpenter work and board 275.00 



Painting two coats (oxide of iron and oil) 25 .00 



23 thousand shingles 75.00 



Totalcost $823.10 



