Plans of Farm Buildings. 
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having rounded corners to match bull-nose angles and rebated where required, 
and let the ironwork into same and run with lead. 
Templates. — Fix under steel joists on north wall tooled templates 6 in. thick 
tooled as required. 
Bases for Columns. — Fix to cast-iron columns in cart and implement sheds 
round bases 15 in. diameter by 15 in. high rounded all ways with flat top and 
mortised for two bolts each. 
Fix to columns in mixing room bases 18 in. by 18 in. by 10£ in. square, all 
sides, and mortised for two bolts each. 
Guard Stones. — Fix to each side of openings to cart sheds and roots, guard 
stones, 12 in. by 12 in. by 18 in., rounded three sides. 
Heel Stones. — Fix to the cow stalls, tooled heel stones, 9 in. by 3 in., cham- 
fered one edge and in the longest lengths possible. 
Steps. — Fix to chaff chamber, tooled steps, 9 in. wide by f>£ in. deep. 
Fires.— Fix to harness room fireplace, 2$-in. sawn hearth, 10-in. by 4|-in. 
6top chamfered frieze, and 7-in. by 2-in. shelf with rounded corners and finely 
tooled all faces. 
Fix to coppers, sawn lintels, 2 ft. 6 in. by 2 ft. 6 in. by 3 in., perforated for 
steam-pipe. 
Well. — Fix 4-in. self-faced flag over well top, 3 ft. by 3 ft., with mortises 
for two lifting rings. 
Pig Feeding Troughs. — Fix to each pigsty, a stone, 15 in. by 18 in. by 3 in., 
tooled all faces, rounded two edges, corners rounded, and one face slightly 
dished and set sloping. 
Sewage Pump. — Fix to sewage tank, sawn stone, 2 ft. by 2 ft. by 4 in., with 
perforations for chain and bolts. 
Slater. 
Cover the whole of roofs (except yards and manure pit) with best quality 
blue or purple Welsh slates, 16 in. by 8 in., to a lap of 2f in. ; each slate or 
piece of a slate to be secured with two lj-in. large headed copper nails. 
Extra wide slates to be used at all gables, to break joint bedded in hair 
mortar, and a double course to be fixed at all eaves. 
The slating is to be fixed to f-in. grooved and tongued boarding nailed to 
the common rafters over all live stock ; elsewhere the slating to be fixed to 
l£-iu. by f-in. red deal laths, and to be full torched with fine hair mortar. 
The ridges to be covered with blue capped tile ridges with ventilating ridges 
every 6 ft. over live stock, all bedded and pointed with cement. 
Carpenter and Joiner. 
General. — The timber generally for carpenters’ work to be thirds quality 
Baltic timber of an approved brand, selected , free from sap, shakes, coarse 
knots and other defects, to be cut die square and of the dimensions specified. 
The creosoted timber to be of the same quality, fully creosoted under 
pressure until at least 8 lb. of oil has been absorbed by each cubic foot of timber, 
and the whole to be cut, framed, &o., and prepared ready for fixing before 
creosoting. 
The stuff for joiners’ work to be “seconds,” very dry l’etersburgh or 
Archangel, quite free from sap and other defects. 
The oak to be of English growth, free from sap. 
Roofs. — Fix to all roofs, wall plates, 6 in. by 3 in., 7 in. by 3 in., and 
9 in. by 3 in. ;■ 2£-in. by 3J-in., and 2f-in. by 4-in. common rafters ; 5-in. by 1-in. 
ridge boards; 4£-in. by lf-in. tilting fillet to eaves; 7-in. by lf-in. wrot. 
chamfered verge boards having 2-in. by f-in. chamfered and splayed fillet to 
cover ends of laths, &c. 
Frame the trusses to the several buildings according to the sizes figured on 
the sectious. 
Roofs on Covered Yards. — Frame the trusses in accordance with the Draw- 
ings and figured dimensions thereon, and cover the whole with 1-in. by 7-in. 
boards twice grooved one side and fixed T s 5 in. apart with steel wire nails to 
