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Foundation. — ^Eight stout posts are needed to 

 set the sills on, one at each comer and a pair in the 

 middle. These may be of cedar, of four-by-four 

 lumber, of two pieces of two-by-four lumber nailed 

 together, or of brick. For the amateur, bricks are 



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not easy to handle. Cedar is the best, six inches 

 in diameter, as it will last a life-time. Sawed 

 lumber should be painted with tar to protect it 

 from decay. 



Posts may be set firmly in holes two feet deep, 

 or in concrete about one foot deep and two feet 



