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Plans of Farm Buildings. 
the purlins, each board being supported on all bearings with two hob nails ; 
the top and bottom edges of all boards to be splayed. 
Skylights. — Fix 2-in. wrot. skylight casements having 14-in. double rebated 
bars and 14-in. by 7-in. inside casings, hang the casements at the top and fix 
chains and pulleys for opening same. One skylight, 4 ft. by 6 ft., to be fixed 
over each side of cowsheds at about 13 ft. 6 in. from mixing room end ; one 
over stable, 4 ft. by 6 ft., and one over the hospital, 3 ft. by 4 ft., outside 
measurements. 
Ventilators. — Fix over centre of each cowshed, calf house, and stable, 
ventilating louvres as follows : — 4-in. by 44-in. splayed bottom plate bolted to 
rafters, 4-in. by 4-in. comer posts, 4-in. by 3-in. rails ; cover with IJ-in. 
grooved and tongued boarding on 2-in. by 2-in. firrings, and fix 14-in. rolls for 
lead ; fix on each end feather-edged boarding, and on all sides above roof 7-in. 
by 1-in. louvre boards hung on pivots at each end ; fix 2-in. by 2-in. staves, 
linked to louvre boards with short chain for rope. 
Flooring. — Fix 8-in. by 3-in. joists not more than 13 in. apart in the 
chambers ; frame for trap door 3 ft. by 3 ft., and for cake, corn, chaff, and 
other machinery, and for stairs as shown. 
Lay lj-in. white spruce grooved and tongued flooring nailed to joists and 
all nails clenched. 
The trap door to be framed of lj-in. floor boards bolted to 14-in. ledges, 
chamfered on the edges. 
Stairs. — Fix a step ladder from stables 12 ft. long over all by 2 ft. 6 in. 
wide, having 9-in. by 1 4-in. sides chamfered on the edges, and No. 12 treads 
7 in. by 1 j in. housed to sides. 
Fix round each wellhole in the floor 2-in. by 34-in. rails chamfered on the 
edges and mortised to 3-in. by 3-in. newel posts halved and bolted to the 
joists, there to be two rails in height. 
Granary and Chaff Divisions. — Form these with 1-in. white spruce butt 
jointed boarding on 24-in. by 34-in. rails chamfered on the edges, and mortised 
to 3-in. by 4-in. posts halved to joists. The divisions to horse and cow chaff to 
go up to floor of chamber and have a hinged flap under chaff cutter. The other 
divisions to be 4 ft. high. 
Mangers and, Hayracks. — Provide for brick mangers, bond or capping 
44 in. by 3 in. to all cow mangers, 54 in. by 3 in. to stable mangers, chamfered 
on two edges and with dovetailed halvings at all cross pieces. 
Fix hayracks to mangers in boxes and covered yards as follows : — 3-in. by 
3-in. posts halved and bolted to the principals, 3-in. by 4-in. rails, 7-in. by 
24-in. bottom piece, 4-in. boarding, l-|-in. round staves, 2 ft. 6 in. long, stumped 
in at ends 3 in. apart. 
Fix hayracks to mangers in stables as follows : — 44-in. by 3-in. top rail, 
54-in. by 3-in. bottom rail, splayed one side, and l^-in. round staves as before. 
Fix hayracks in calf boxes as follows : — 34-in. by 3-in. rails, 6-in. by 3-in. 
bottom piece, and 1-in. round staves. 
Stall Divisions. — Fix divisions to stalls and boxes as follows In stable, 
oak posts 7 ft. 6 in. long by 5 in. by 6 in., chamfered on edges, 24-in. by 34-in. 
rails chamfered on exposed edges, lf-in. white spruce boarding to extend to 
top of division on one side and to middle rail on other side ; the top to be 
finished with 54-in. by 14-in. chamfered cap. 
In cowsheds, oak posts 5 ft. by 4 in. by 44 in. at heels, and 4-in. by 3-in. 
posts at head, 24-in. by 34-in. rails chamfered on all edges, 1-in. white spruce 
boarding, and 11-in. by lj-in. board fixed between posts at back of mangers on 
3-in. brackets nailed to posts. 
For calf boxes, oak posts 5 ft. 6 in. by 44 in. by 44 in. fixed in cast-iron 
sockets ; 3-in. by 34-in. rails ; 1-in. white spruce boarding, and 1-in. creosoted 
ledged doors. 
In yards, 4-in. by 6-in. creosoted posts, 24-in. by 34-in. creosoted rails, f-in. 
creosoted boardings, creosoted gates. The large gates in the yards to be hung 
