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On  the  Construction  of  Farm- Buildings. 
Barn  and  Cheese-room. 
(Girders  . . . . 14  X 9 Ground  Floor  Joists  5x3 
'(Joists  ....  8 x 3 
Boarded  to  the  extremity  of  Corn-bin  with  1 in.  rough  boards. 
Granary. 
. . Joists,  double  bridged  8x3  Joists,  passage  . .6x2 
Boarded  with  smoothed  1 in.  boards. 
Nag  Stable. 
. • Joists,  single  bridged ...6x2 
Boarded  with  f in.  rough  boarding. 
Traps  to  be  formed  and  hinged  over  ladder  and  fodder-rack.  The 
pigeon-house  and  fowl-roost  to  be  formed  with  rails  and  rough  boarding 
close  jointed  ; the  floor  of  straw-barn  to  be  covered  with  wattled  hurdles: 
the  whole  of  the  foregoing  roof  or  floor  timbers  resting  upon  walls  to  lie 
upon  4x3  Memel  bond  and  pads,  laid  on  bricks  in  mortar,  and  all  the 
wall-plates  to  be  connected  through  gables  with  the  same,  or  1-inch  X i- 
inch  iron  straps,  clipping  the  ends  of  plates. 
Poplar  Doors  and  Boarding,  frc. 
The  doors  of  cattle  and  cow-boxes  to  be  formed  with  split  rails  and  f-inch 
rough  boarding,  3 inches  shorter  from  the  top  than  opening,  and  6 feet 
wide  ; these  doors  to  be  diagonally  braced  and  hung  with  24-inch  hooks 
and  bands  to  the  story  post,  each  to  have  an  iron  hook  fastening  lifting  into 
a staple,  and  shutting  against  the  second  story  post. 
Double  doors  to  be  1-inch  rough  boarded,  1£  ledged  and  braced,  hung 
to  hook  stones  with  16-inch  bands,  falling  against  an  elm  stop  sunk  3 feet 
into  the  ground  and  provided  with  a staple  to  receive  link  at  bottom  of 
door ; each  pair  to  have  a long  wrought-iron  bolt  to  shoot  into  lintel,  and 
an  external  swing  bar  fastening,  staples,  &c.,  complete.  The  remaining 
doors  upon  ground-plan  to  be  inch  ledged,  square-jointed ; those  opening 
externally  hung  to  revealed  hook-stones  with  12-inch  hooks  and  bands; 
those  opening  inwards  to  be  hung  in  5 X 3 Memel  frames,  built  in  and 
resting  upon  plinth  stones  with  dowels  in  foot ; those  of  upper  floor  the 
same,  except  straw  doors,  which  may  be  J ledged,  latch  and  catch  to  each. 
Horse  box  doors  to  be  1-inch  ledged  and  braced,  and  suspended  upon 
1£  X i-inch  iron  rail,  with  bent  straps  clipping  the  top  of  door  and  fitted 
with  wheels,  the  door  to  open  and  shut  against  the  pins  of  suspension  rail, 
and  a wood  stop  built  in  wall  half  the  height  of  doors,  which  slide  behind 
two  elm  stops  forming  a groove  at  the  foot ; a 3 X 4-inch  casing  to  be 
run  round  the  openings  and  scribed  to  the  doors;  each  door  to  have  an 
exterior  handle  and  fastening  inside ; all  boarding  between  story  posts, 
exterior  passage  from  granary,  &c.,  to  be  against  split  rails  and  4-inch 
rough. 
Fittings. 
Quarter  circle  cast-iron  manger  2 feet  radius  to  be  fixed  in  all  the  cattle 
and  cow-boxes,  and  also  pig-boxes  in  T9  radius;  a semicircular  water- 
trough  of  the  same  radius  to  be  fixed  in  each  pair  of  cow  and  cattle-boxes. 
The  sheep  ties  to  have  cast-iron  troughs,  one  to  each  pair  of  ties  for 
water,  1 foot  X 6 in.  X 6 in.,  and  one  manger  to  each  tie  of  the  same  de- 
scription and  size. 
A green  fodder-rack  formed  with  top  and  bottom  rails  and  vertical  staves 
1 foot  deep,  to  be  fixed  above  the  mangers  the  whole  length  of  the  ties  ; 
Of  Poplar 
Of  Poplar 
Of  Poplar 
