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Title: The farmer his own builder : a guide and reference book for the construction of dwellings, barns and other farm buildings, together with their utilities, describing reliable methods, offering practical suggestions, presenting numerous details and formulas, and explaining simple rules for estimating the labor and materials required. With special reference to concrete and carpentry
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Roberts, H. Armstrong (Howard Armstrong), 1885-1947
Subjects: Farm buildings
Publisher: Philadelphia : D. McKay
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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166 Staking out 62 Stanchions for cows 279 Steel columns and beams 130 construction 128 Strengthening crumbled walls... 227 Stucco 119,133 Studs 105 Sub-contractor 17 Superstructure 101 Sweet potato house 36 Tackles 238 Tar and gravel roofing 164 302 INDEX PAGE Terra-cotta tile 57 Test pits 43 Three-four-five rule 64 Tie beams 152 Tile roofing 163 Timber contents 297 Time of completion 20 Tool cabinet 230 Trenches, excavation 48 Trim, interior 166 Trussed girders 128 Trusses 107 U Underground difficulties 43 Underpinning structures 225 V PAGE Vat, dipping 256 Vegetable cellar 251 Ventilating system, barn 278 Vise, bench. 233 W Wall boards 178 Walls, foundation 67 Watering trough, concrete 216 Waterproofing 76 Weights and measures 287 iron bars 293 of substances 289 Work bench 230
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TheFarmer His Own Builder A Guide and Reference Book FOR THE Construction of Dwellings, Barns and otherFarm Buildings, together with their Utilities Describing Reliable Methods, OfferingPractical Suggestions, PresentingNumerous Details and Formulas, andExplaining Simple Rules for Estimat-ing the Labor and Materials Required.With Special Reference to Concreteand Carpentry. BY H. ARMSTRONG ROBERTS CONTAINING OVER 170 ILLUSTRA-TIONS MOSTLY BY THE AUTHOR. PHILADELPHIA DAVID McKAY, Publisher 608 South Washington Square Copyright, 1918, by David McKay To My Sons with the hope that they will attain manhood as proficient mechanics this work is affectionately inscribed. FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS Gambrel-roof, Concrete Basement Dairy Barn with TileSilo Frontispiece. FACING PAGE Old Farm Buildings Remodeled Along Modern Principles 24 Farm Buildings Grouped for Convenience, Appearance, andService 50 Circular Dairy Barn with Silo in the Center 72 Interior of a Carefully Appointed Horse Stable 100 Hofarmerhisownbuil00robe

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