The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-06-29

crop. Allowing the barn to be
twenty feet to The cave or to the top
of the square, will give five whole
tiers, the rafters should have a
slope of eight inches fall to the foot
which, if the next tier Of four feet
higher runs out to the rafters
would give two-thirds of tier.
The next one.third, the next four
feet, in all six ers and four feet.
Allowing the sticks to be placed
eigh. inches apart from side TO side
of the barn would give fifty.four
sticks in one tier; in six tiers and
four feet would give three hundred
and thirty sticks in four feet of the
length of The barn; there will be
twenty-four lengths of a stick in
the length Of the barn twenty-four
times. Three hundred and thirty
will give seventy-nine hundred and
twenty; near the amount required.
This barn requires four rows Of
posts lengthwise, twelve feet apart,
or three bsnts of twelve feet and
nine posts in length or eight bents
twelve feet apart; the posts may
be all cut twenty feet long and
hewed to eight inches square, with
nine cross.ties thirty-slx feet long
tenoned into the cave posts neaI
the top with mortises to receive
lemons on the top of the center
posts four plat, $ say Fix by six OF
six by eight mortised to receive the
lemons on the posts on the caves d
the building, and gained on top o.
the cross.ties on center posts, eigh.
teen posts, say SIX by six inches
and eight feet long, to be tenoned
into the center plates to support
the purlin plate for a support fol
the rafters with cross-tie at the
top from post to post, twelve fee
long tennoned into the posts. u
the center post may be twenty -eighi
feet long with cross-ties tenIoneC
into them, no braces are needed
but brscss from the posts to tn,
plates and cross-ties, and from pur.
lin posts to purlin plate, in all one
hundred and forty-six, allowinG
the cave to project TWENTY-FIVE
inches /; the rafters will be twenty
four feet long from point to poin
allowing two feet between rafter
we have nlnety-eight ratters two b.
FIVE; nineteen hundred and sixt,
#. laths for shingles. allowing 81,
inches to the weather, laths one b,
two inches, allowing one hundret
feet long will require sixteen hun
dred and thirty-three feet, fac
measure. The tier railing SHOULD
be four by four and twelve fee
long, two hundred and twenty
seven in number, thirty-six hun
bred and thlrty-iwo feet. This doe
not include the ties over the drlv
way which should be lengthwise o
the barn and twelve feet high, Civ
ing doorway TO go in at one EN-
in the center and coming out at tn
other. These ties should be heav
in case the barn was ever converte,
into a grain barn, say s by s ant
braced. In addition 10 this 30
loose tier rails are needed to fill ul
for hanging 3 by 4, 1872 feet. TIL
ties should be feet from the sill
the next shove 4 from these and 8,
on 10 tine roof. each tier Of Tobacco,
requiring 4 feet OF space. The tie
that run lengthwise of the bari
should be four inches lower thai
those that run crosswise 80 that tn
tier poles will be just level with tn
cross ties. Seyenty-five scantlin
four 10y four ten feet long 70
braces, one thousand feet. Twenty
nine thousand five hundred shin
gees If covered with boards tire
feet long anu six inches wide, al
having two feet to the weather, viii
squire nine thousand six hundre,
badnls, lath one hy three inches
SIX hundred and fifty feet fac
measure. Weather boarding on
by ten inches, two hundred an
sixty-four feet oil line, twenty fee