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for water, as does the rib that is sometimes used for two lengths 
of boarding to butt against. 
To board up the sides of the barn, a set of girts about six to 
eight, laid the eight inch way horizontally, are framed with their 
centers sixteen feet above the bottom of the sill, and are rabbeted 
out the same as just described for the beam. All the girts and 
braces above these, and the plates also, are set out one and three- 
fourths inches, so that the top course of boarding, which will be 
eight feet long, stands plumb. The carpenter must now remember 
that his plates, from out to out, are three and one-half inches wider 
than the building, and must frame accordingly for rafters. 
The argument against using a rib between two lengths of board¬ 
ing, applies with much greater force to the use of a water table for 
the bottom coarse of boarding to stand upon. 
The cheapest possible finish for projection of roof is that in which 
the roof boards, rafters and projecting ends of plates are made use¬ 
ful as cornice. The roof boards, so far as they project over the 
building at sides and ends, are dressed on their under sides. Pro¬ 
jecting ends of rafters and plates are also dressed. A fascia nailed 
to the end of rafters at the eaves, and to the outside of rafters 
raised or projecting ends of plates, is all that is required for our 
plain barn. A gabled hood over the large doors would be a cheap 
luxury, keeping the entrance dry, protecting the sill at that point 
from occasional wettings, and breaking the monotony of the broad 
side of the barn. 
The rafters can stand on the plate in such a position that the 
roof boards do not close down to the corner of the plate, but leave 
a space of, say two and one-half inches. By not letting the boards 
on the side of the barn reach above the top corner of the plate, we 
have this space twice the length of the barn, and perfectly sheltered 
for ventilation. 
Mention has been made, incidentally, of the horse fork. It is 
too late now to build barns with reference to hand pitching. You 
can just as well afford to rake up your hay by hand as to pitch it 
by hand, and better, for raking hay is pleasant employment, while 
pitching it over the high beam on a hot day — but I will spare you 
the painful recollection. There are many horse-fork carriers in 
market, and you can have a wide choice. I have invented one. 
Some of you have seen it. It is not patented. \ou are welcome 
