On  the  Construction  of  Farm- Buildings. 
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manner,  and  each  to  have  a swing  feeding-door,  barred,  ledged,  and  braced, 
hung  to  a round  iron  rod,  having  a long  vertical  bolt  with  handle  fixed  in 
the  centre ; these  doors  to  swing  inwards  or  outwards,  the  bolt  to  shoot 
into  a hole  in  the  front  of  the  trough : a 1-inch  1 foot  6-inch  wide  door, 
swinging  both  ways,  in  the  yard  division  next  the  covered  sties. 
Implement  Sheds  (see  Section). 
Bull  and  Manure  House. 
[Brestsummers  . .8x6  Plates  . . . .0x0 
[Ridge  ....  0 x 0 
Story  Posts  8x8 
These  roofs  to  be  formed  with  fir  pole  rafters  and  collars,  and  the  plates 
tied  together  over  each  story-post,  and  pier  with  a lj-inch  iron  tension  rod, 
nuts,  plates,  &c. ; each  side  of  manure-shed  to  be  closed  with  3 moveable 
split  rails  in  height  dropped  into  staples. 
Sheep  Ties  (see  Section). 
Memel  . . . Brestsummeis  . .6x4  Ridge  . . . .0x0 
Klin  . . . Story  Posts 6x6 
This  roof  to  be  formed  with  fir  poles  and  collars  as  above,  spiked  or 
strapped  together. 
The  spaces  between  piers  to  be  closed  with  split  rails  or  poles  built  in 
and  stiffened  with  stakes,  the  whole  then  interwoven  with  faggot  or  furze. 
The  spaces  between  story-posts  to  be  filled  with  £ luffer  boarding,  from 
the  height  of  mangers  upwards,  with  vertical  shifting  laths,  pins,  &c., 
complete. 
Divisions  between  ties  to  be  i-inch  braced  boarding. 
Lean-to  Sheds  (see  Section). 
No.  12  half-pair  of  Principals — 
(Principal  Rafters  .4x4  King  Posts  . . .4x4 
Of  Memel  Fir  . j Tie  Pieces  . . .5x4  Struts  . . . .0x0 
I Brestsummers  . .7x5  Ridge  . . . .0x0 
Elm  . . . Story  Posts 6x6 
These  roofs  to  be  formed  with  split  or  round  poles  to  receive  thatch. 
The  spaces  between  piers  to  be  closed  with  rails  built  in,  stiffened  with 
vertical  stakes  and  wound  as  before  with  furze  or  faggot. 
The  whole  of  the  foregoing  Memel  timbers  to  be  from  the  saw,  and  that 
of  larch  also ; the  elm  posts  dressed  with  the  axe  only,  but  the  whole  firmly 
framed  together  with  all  necessary  straps,  bolts,  or  other  ironwork.  All 
timbers  not  straight  or  partially  round  to  exceed  the  dimensions  figured  ; 
no  rafters  to  exceed  one  foot  apart ; all  the  slated  roofs  to  be  battened 
with  X 1-inch  battens,  and  to  have  diagonal  or  1-inch  X 5-inch  tilting 
fillet  at  the  eaves.  All  valleys  to  have  f boarding  on  proper  bearers; 
inch  poplar  stairs  with  l£  strings,  handrail,  and  balusters,  to  be  fixed 
when  shown  complete ; wood  bricks  when  required,  and  strong  lintels  over 
all  openings. 
Floors. 
The  floors  of  barn,  granary,  and  drying-room  (for  the  present),  and  also 
cheese-room,  hay -loft,  and  passage  from  granary  to  be  formed  of  Memel 
fir  timber  of  the  following  scantlings : — 
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