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across. Either way is satisfactory. Set the posts 

 so the house will face about south, or slightly 

 south-east. If the house stands four feet up, room 

 will be given for storing tools beneath it. 



The Frame. — When the posts are set, lay the 

 sills across them. These are pieces of two-by- 



Frame of house set up on posts, ready for side boards and roof 



four lumber, two, twelve feet long and two ten 

 feet long. By cutting them, four inches back 

 from the end, half-way through each piece, and 

 sawing out a section four inches long by one inch 

 deep, we can match the ends so the sills will lie 

 even all arotmd. A five-inch spike, driven through 

 the comers into the posts, will hold all firmly in 

 place. 



At the two front comers uprights of two-by- 

 four stock, six feet high, should be erected, so that 



