Plans of Farm Buildings. 
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Mortar. — The mortar to be composed of one part hydraulic lime to parts 
clean, sharp sand. Lime, P.C. 13s. per ton ; sand, P.C. 2s. 6 d. per ton on site. 
- Cement. — All cement to be best Portland from approved makers. P.C. 30s. 
per ton on site. 
Gravel. — All gravel used in floors, stalls, Ac., to be clean pit or sea gravel. 
P.C. 3s. 6<f. per ton on site. 
Excavate trenches for all footings and floors to depths as indicated by Plans 
and Sections. 
Drains. — Provide and lay 4-in. and 6-in. deep splay socket salt glazed pipes, 
with all gullies, bends, junctions, &c., necessary, caulked with yarn and pointed 
in cement, with gradient not less than 1 in 40 for 4-in. and 1 in 60 for 6-in. 
pipes ; and with manholes and inspection eyes as shown. 
Concrete. — Form all concrete mangers, stalls, and divisions in position 
in proportion of 3 to 1, and finish with steel trowel, rounding all nosings. 
All concrete floors to be laid in proportion of 4 to 1, and with open channels 
and grooved where shown by Plan and Details, and form concrete fireproof floor 
over engine house. 
Walls. — Build up all walls of good sound brickwork, 9 in. and 14 in. thick 
as shown by Plans and Sections, in old English bond grouted solid, with bull- 
nose corners to all piers and openings for sliding doors, and oversail eaves and 
gables two courses. 
Arches. — Build all arches in cement and sand, and full thickness of all 
walls. 
Rendering. — Render around walls of stable 5 ft. high, cowhouse and pigsty 
3 ft. 6 in. high, and granary 3 ft. high in cement and sand. 
Air Grates. — Fix twenty 9-in. by 6-in. sanitary air grates in stable and 
boxes, Ac., as directed. 
Sills, S)'c. — All window sills, granary steps, and bases to piers to be cast 
concrete. 
Roofs. — Cover all roofs with French pantiles laid upon laths and sheet laths, 
and bedded in hair and lime ; and fix glass tiles as indicated on Plan. Bed 
and point in cement concrete ridges and raise for ventilation where shown, and 
collar down gables in cement and sand. 
Furnace Pans.— Fix 40-gallon furnace pan in mixing house, and 25-gallon 
ditto in slaughter house, with door and frame and gate in brickwork complete. 
Harness Room. — Fix small range with boiler, and 30-in. by 18-in. by 5-in. 
salt glazed sink and waste pipe upon brick piers in harness room. 
Carpenter and Joiner. 
All timber used for roofs and joinery to be best Petersburg Reds, free from 
sap, large, loose, or dead knots, and used in the longest length practicable. 
8 Centreing . — Provide all centres and turning pieces, Ac., as necessary. 
I Roofs . — The Roofs to be framed in the strongest manner possible according 
to the drawings, and of the following scantling : — 
Principals 
Purlins ... 
Plates ... 
Ridge ... 
Rafters ... 
Valley Boards 
Fold sheds covered with twenty-four-gauge corrugated galvanised sheets 
with ventilating ridge. 
Granary Floor . — Fix 2|-in. by 7-in. joists upon 10-in. by 6-in. steel joists 
with dogs and plates, and lay lj-in. by 6-in. P.G. & T. red flooring upon same 
with bridging complete. 
Partitions . — Frame partition to meal and cake store of 3-in. by 2£-in. studs, 
Ac., and 1-in. by 6-in. G. A T. boards, with 1-in. batten doors hung complete. 
3 in. by 7 in. 
3 in. by 4£ in. 
1J in. by 7 in. 
3 in. by 2£ in. 
1 in. bv 11 in. 
