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Plans of Farm Buildings. 
Cattle , Calf , and Pig lores. — Pave all cattle boxes, calf boxes, piggery and 
hospital with a similar flooring 2J in. thick, but coved into squares or diamonds 
and laid to falls. 
Cow Stalls — Pave at heel of cows in stalls with a floor as last described but 
3 in. thick, put down in two layers of 2 in. and 1 in. thick. Form channels at 
heel stones 18 in. wide with round sinking at outer edge to convey urine, to fall 
not less than one in sixty. 
Stables , Horse box.-— Pave stalls in stables from gangway to mangers and 
whole of horse box with a similar floor 3£ in. thick, put down in layers of 
2^ in. and 1 in. thick. Form channels at heels of horses, to have a fall of not 
less than one in sixty. 
Clay Paring. — Pave for 3 ft. of cowstalls with well-puddled clay 4 in. 
thick well beaten down. 
Harness Room , Tools , tyc. — Pave harness room and tool house with selected 
hard stbck bricks as before described. 
Milk Cart Shed. — Pave milk cart shed with asphalte paving 2J in. thick, 
well tarred, sanded, and rolled down, and having on the outer edge a blue brick 
on edge kerb. 
Turds. — Pave yards with cement concrete 6 in. thick well rolled down and 
left with rough face, put down in two layers of 4 in. and 2 in. and composed 
of five parts £-in. to j-in. hard local materials (gravel, stone, &c.) one part sand, 
and one part cement as before. 
Manure Pit and Tank. — The manure pit to be constructed with low concrete 
walls battered one face as shown on the drawings and composed of materials as 
last described ; the floor to be 6 in. thick and to be composed of same material. 
The tank to be constructed of 9-in. brickwork built in cement, having a two- 
ringed arch over and cement concrete bottom 6 in. thick as last described, and 
rendered all over the inside with Portland cement | in. thick. 
Drains. — The drains to be constructed with 4-in. and 6-in. best quality 
glazed stoneware socketed pipes with Portland cement joints ; all connections 
to drains to be over 6-in. glazed stoneware trapped gullies having galvanised 
iron grates over same. The drainage from the channels in sheds, See., to be 
conveyed through the walls by means of a 4-in. glazed stoneware pipe. 
An inspection chamber 2 ft. by 2 ft. inside to be provided at point indicated 
on the Plan constructed with 9-in. brickwork rendered with cement and the 
bottom formed with a 6-in. open stoneware channel bedded in cement concrete, 
and the pit closed with a heavy cast-iron airtight manhole cover and frame. 
The drains are to be laid throughout with uniform falls, not less in any 
case than one in sixty. The gullies to have 2-in. blue brick on edge kerbs set 
in cement all round them. 
Well and Water Troughs. — Dry brick line, half brick thick, the well to 
within 6 ft. of the top and gather in the upper part to 2 ft. 6 in. diameter, this 
part being built with brick in cement. Build half brick bases to water troughs 
with bull-nose bricks on outer angles and 6et in cement mortar. 
Ceilings. — Lath plaster and set the ceiling in milk cooling room. 
Sundry. — The bricklayer to build in all stonework in cement, to hoist and 
fix all steelwork, bed and point round all door and window frames, bed wall 
plates and other timbers, cut away for and make good after all other trades 
and generally to attend on them as required. 
Mason. 
General.—- The stone to be local or other approved stone selected for 
hardness and laid on its quarry bed. 
Thresholds. — Fix to all door frames threshold stones 14 in. by 6 in. deep 
and full width of the wall, tooled on the upper face and two sides and mortised 
for dowels. 
Hook, 4'c., Stones. — Fix to all doors hung to walls hook and catch stones 
14 in. by 14 in., 14 in. by 9 in., and 9 in. by 9 in. as required by 6£.in. deep 
