CHAPTER XXVIII 



The Colony Houses — There are Forty-one on the 



Farm 



These Houses have a floor space 6xio feet, are 

 six feet high in front and five feet in the rear, with a 

 shed roof. The frame work is built on three skids. 

 The outside skids are made of 3x4 timbers, rounded 

 at the ends to faciliate the ready sliding of the Houses 

 when it becomes desirable to move them, and 12 

 feet in length, making a projection of a foot at either 

 end beyond the sides of the House. Two by four 

 studding is used for the center skid. The three skids 

 are securely fastened together by four pieces of 2x4 

 studding. To this frame is nailed the floor, of inch, 

 matched boards. The upright studs are made of 

 2x3's. In the first Colony Houses we built, 2x4's were 

 used, but it was found there was an economy in using 

 2x3's, and, as they answer every purpose, the frame 

 being absolutely stiff, they were substituted for the 

 2x4's, and they have been used ever since. 



The frame work is covered by a cheap grade of 

 matched flooring, the boards running perpendicularly. 

 The roof is covered with cheap, twelve inch, rough 

 boards, and over this is laid two ply roofing, this be- 



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