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On the Construction of Cottages. 
One bunch of ceiling-lath, which costs Is. 9ri., will cover 4 
square yards. 
s. d. 
Cost of lath per yard . . ' . 0 5^ 
Hair, J lb 0 1^ 
Nails 0 2 
Ijime, h bushel . . . .0 2^ 
Sand, i do. . . . . 0 o| 
Labour and beer . . . . 0 
Cost of ceiling per square yard . 1 4j 
Cost of ceiling 132 square yards, above and below, 8/. 19^. 9d. 
But very excellent ceilings and rough-cast for partitions may 
be made with clay on a coarse rough sort of lath of small value. 
The writer of this article brings home from the wood bundles of 
ash and sallow poles about 12 or 15 feet long, too slight for hop- 
poles. They are tied in bundles for sale, at the usual price of 
1*. 4^d. per bundle of twenty-four poles ; the thin knotty ends, 
which will not bear rivin<j, are then cut off, leaving the other end 
7 feet long. These latter are split and shaved and packed in 
bundles of sixty each, at a cost of Is. per bundle: the cost of a 
bundle of this lath is therefore that of 1| bundles of poles, in- 
creased by the cost of riving and shaving, or 2s. 8<i. : but the re- 
maining knotty ends are worth 6c^. per bundle, leaving the cost of 
a bundle of lath at 2s. '2d. ; each bundle suffices for 6 square 
yards. 
s. d. 
Cost of lath for 1 square yard . . . . 0 4^- 
Cost of naiis do. . . . . .02 
Labour and beer do. . . . . .06 
Cost of 1 square yard . . . . . 1 Oj 
Total cost of ceiling 132 square yards with clay £6 17 6 
One bunch of rough-cast lath will do 4 yards and costs 2s. 
s. d. 
Lath for rough-cast per vard . . . .08 
Hair 1 lb. do. .... 0 
Nails do. .... 0 
Lime i bushel do. .... 0 
Sand f bushel do. .... 0 
Labour and beer do. . . . . 0 
Cost of rough-cast for 1 yard 
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