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INDEX.

Roofs, corrugated iron, 1470-1473

. Gothic, 1222

. for thrashing-mills, 1229

. iron, 1417-1473

. iron, dimensions of parts of, for various

spans, 1448-1458

. iron, gutters for, 1464-1469

. iron, with zinc, 1646

. of steadings, description of plans of,

184-203, 251

. relative cost of slate and zinc covered,

1654

. ridge and valley, 1198

. tables of scantlings of timber for various

spans of, 1214Rough-casting, 563-565Rubber, india , tap, 1492Rubblework in masonry, 942, 943, 946Rule, general, applicable to all designs of farm-stcadings, 17

.for calculating surface of hot-water pipes

for drying-houses, 1725

Saddle and harness-bracket, 1516Sandstones, 493-495Sands for building purposes, 533Sash door, 1251

.frame, Shaw’s patent, 1265

Saw, circular, iron bench, 1674

. endless band, 1675

. frame, vertical, 1673

Scagliola , 551

Scantlings of timbers for floors of various spans,1181

.of timbers for various spans of roofs,

1214

Schedule of measurements for a farmhouse ofstone, 848

Scotch fir timber, 597-599

Scotland , state of farming in the Middle Ages,474-488

Screw’, Archimedean, grain drying machine, 1735

.frame for boring brace, 1664

.keys or spanners, 1669

.lifting-jack, 1672

.stocks, 1668

.ventilator, Chadwick’s, 1485

Sea-embankments, 993-1001Seal or binder for cattle, 1311Seasoning of timber, 610

.natural, 611

.water, 612

.hot-air, 613

Section of American poultry-house, 1774

. of Archimedean screw grain - conveyer,

1741

. of base of principal window of farmhouse,

1623

. of base of bay window of farmhouse, 1626

. of a self-acting sluice, 1351

. of an improved cottage-window, 1261

. of byre travis, manger, and stake, 1309

. of cornice, base, of farmhouse, 1621

. of dam, 1004

. of detached slaughter-house, 1714

. of drain-tile kiln at Corehouse, 1750

. of first-class farmhouses, 310, 316

. of groin and dam for protecting a river-side, 1008

. of Hands’ drying-sheds, 1730

. of heating apparatus for a drying-house,

1724

. of Jennings’s water-closet, 1116

. of milk-house and cheese-room of a farm-house, 305

. of moulds for pis€ walls, 1131

Section of manger, and rack for cattle-boxes, 1315

. of nests behind stairs in poultry-house,

1774

. of pigeon-house, 1710

. of platform and return stairs, 1242-1243

. of portable combined furnace and caldron,

1683

. of poultry-house, 1707

. of river embankment, 9S1

. of road in strong clay land, 1055

. of stone trough for a byre, 1127

. of through window-head of farmhouse,1624

. transverse, of Tudor farmhouse, 316

. of wall, showing gutter with eantaliver,

1233

. of window-head of bay window of farm-house, 1627

. of wrought-iron columns for sheds, 1591

.fire-proof flooring, 1632

. vertical, of corn-barn, 1331

. vertical of single-storeyed detached cot-tage, 392

. vertical of slaughter-house, 1714

Segmental arch in brick wall, 966Self-acting sluice, 1351Semi-circular arch in brick wall, 966Shaw’s patent sash-frame, 1265Sheaf, drying of grain in the, 1722Sheaves, drying of, in the boiler-house, 1729Shed, covered dung, 1377

. octagonal, 1590

.truss for roof of, 1647

Sheds and timber houses, 1373-1385

. cast-iron girder for, 1589

. drying, Hands’ patent, 1730

. iron, 1586-1591

. sheep feeding, 1703

. shelter, at the corner of four fields, 1376

. trussed beam for, 1589

. wrought-iron columns for, 1591

Sheep feeding-sheds, 1703

.fence-making machine, 1677

.pastoral farming, 53

. with arable culture, de-scription of plan of steading for, 72-81Sheep, wire-netting for, 1582Shelter-sheds, 1376Shelving, 871

Sheringham ’s ventilator, 1296, 1484Shoe , cast-iron, for ends of struts, 1601

.for king-bolt, 1602

.for purlins, 1606

.for rafter and polo-plate, 1605

.for struts and queen-bolt, 1604

. iron, for receiving end of girder, 1599

.iron, for joists, wall-plates, 1599

Shoes, iron, for wooden framing, 1599-1606Shop, carpenter’s, plan of, 1754Side-gate of wrought-iron, 1540

.hillbaim, American, 1762

Sienite, 491

Sifting piggery, American, 1773Single and double stalls in byres, comparativeadvantages of, 1308

. storeyed detached cottages of brick, speci-fication adapted for, 878-887Sink, cast-iron, 1496Sinking of wells, 1060

. in loose sand, 1061

Site of farmhouse, 283-285Site of steading, 19, 28, 29

.particulars to be avoided in the

.choosing of, 26

Skirtiug, 707, 1279Skylights , 713

Slate, blue, best for buildings, 529