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makes a sufficient height for walking through the 

 building without stooping, and, as the bottom of the 

 windows is carried up three feet from the floor, the 

 window itself going up to the plate under the roof, 

 the Sun reaches every part of the House of practically 

 sixteen feet wide. 



Nearly Six Feet from Ground 



The buildings are all set on posts, three feet in the 

 ground and five feet above. The floor joists are ten 

 inches in width and two inches thick, and, instead of 

 the usual sill, two by ten planks are spiked at both ends 

 of these floor joists resting on the posts which support 

 the building. This construction is much simpler than 

 the ordinary sills, and is also less expensive. 



The posts are eight feet apart and well braced. 

 They are cross tied at the corners, and about every 

 fifty feet throughout the building ; they are also braced 

 at the ends. 



The floor joists are placed three feet apart, and the 

 uprights are made of two by four joists, placed three 

 feet apart. At the corners of the House the upright 

 supports are doubled, making the corner posts equiva- 

 lent to four by four. 



The construction of these buildings without any pro- 

 jections over the top of the roof has two advantages. 

 First, there is a saving in the quantity of lumber used 

 and in labor expended; second, all the joints of the 

 roof and walls are made tighter, and the lapping of 



