BRIGGS' SYSTEM OF 



CHAPTER IV 



Buildings. 



First, I will give you a list of the lumber that 

 goes in such a house : 



Three chestnut planks, 2x8x20 ft. long. 



Thirty-three boards, 1x8x16 ft. long, tongue and 

 groove. 



Thirty-three boards, 1x8x14 ft. long, tongue and 

 groove. 



Twelve hemlock, 2x4-20 ft. long. 



Four, 2x3-10 ft. long, for roosts. 



Three windows, 8x10 glass, six panes each. 



This house is ten feet wide; twenty feet long; 

 four feet high at eaves, with a double pitch roof. 

 Made of tongue and groove boards, so that paper of 

 any kind is nbt required. A roof of this kind will 

 never leak, of any account, if put up with lumber well 

 dried out. 



Diagram of Frame. 



2 X 4' 19 Ft. 8/n. Long 



Top 



Plank 2 x 8- 20 Ft Long 



Front View 



Bottom 



C}'press is the best of all lumber for these houses, 

 as it will stand the weather — far better than any other 

 kind, and it will last for many years without decaying. 

 White pine is the next best, and the only other kind 



