The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-07-14

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any" an" ar" "' >u'h poor quality That
my ''' h"' ''>!raI.". Ia" banks ar"
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'''''" amor 'A' 'Al''ii>'' ar" necessary
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'Nr" an! moI~fur" Ia them cannot h"
'"h'I"I.''i l'i"i"''> cannot Doe rak"i.
''"I' '"" h;hNo When 'h" weather l.
'"!H or 10" earth j. wet. "Hd POTATOES
''''" '"''E> VIII decay very quickly mp
on removal
sweet i"'ai" storage h"u~.' may Dee
CONSTRUCTED OF stone hrich. cement.
h'i'" ne. logs. or humber. huf ru Sc
chr" ~" h">r results lumber should De-
"N"d. 10" walls uf cement, Stou" .tC.
ar" always cold. and itoi> liiliculr 10
prevent them from becoming Wet. II
i ais" hard - prevent The collection
~ moisture in dug"Ut> and cellars.
Tn" cost Of building It storage house
VIII depend upon III" kind of lumber
used and it, prIc" and also upon he .
labor available. \ 20 by ~ foot house
Will cost anyWher" from $50 - $3.50.
Many houses have been constructed ~
Se""nd-crad" lumber. farm labor being
used 10 do The work. and the cost has
been very low. In many instances IL
has been Possible L. remodel an old
tenant house. granary, or Sh"d ar Little
expense :" make a very >erviceubl,.
storage house.
House Construction.
The supports (pillarS) for n hou>e
may he made of brick. cement. or
blocks of wood. AMI should be N I.aSf
IS inches high and II inches I'm diam
"f"r. Their" should be- three rows of
these supports for Il hou>,, over II feet
wide" one row under each side of rhe
nous" and one row under The middle.
ON 'h"S" supports are placed the >illS
q 10y inche>) and across the ~illS are
placed III" SleeperS g. by ~ inche>).
IN" walls Of III. house ar" construct .
"d by setting by nr - by 6 StuddinC
on the Sill> every feet and az the
top or th"N" are spiked the plates G nv
! In'heS). ON the "utSid" of the stud :
'ihS i nailed Il layer of rough boards.
lald diaG"naily 20 help brace the wall. :
''i'' "''r THESE boards Il layer of build .
ing paper then ih" drop siding. on d
me ihSld" ~ IN" Ntudding are laid "
T'HSh h"hrhN men layer Of building !"
paper. ana over This Il layer of matched
lumber. III" wall constructed in rhS j.
hnnn"r consists Of tW" artight walls Il
n'l"Slng a deHd-air space. This type b.
n wall Is NOR" satisfactory than n -
wall illi"d with Sawdu~t or Shayinys. III
'or these materials soon cullcct moiS- n
ur" and the walls decay. in
The roof of The building Is construct p,
81 in the same manner a~ any house "
'""f with rufrerS rough boards over ~
he rTft"rS. then building Uapar. and pl
a>t the roofing. This roofing NAV be Ia
heet iron. roofing paper. or shingles. -"
The floor nj the house IS constructed m
" laying rough boards across tha oI
lecpers then ii layer Of building paprr o.
laid over the rough boards. and "
Matched flooring is laid on the build nj
ng paper. I'll" matched hnnring is til
sually laid CroSSwiSp of The house
The ceiling is sometimes made hv Dir
unning = by ! girderS across ON ton be-
T the cave plates and on the under J.;
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