Identifier: CAT31127626 (find matches)
Title: Poultry house construction
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Lee, Alfred R.
Subjects: Poultry Housing
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

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ure, divide the area of the cross sec-tion of the stick of lumber in inches by 12, and multiply by the lengthin feet. The accompanying table shows the number of feet boardmeasure in lumber from 6 to 16 feet long, with a cross section vary-ing from 4 to 16 inches. * 22 FARMERS* BULLETIN 574. Table of board measure. Area of cross section. Length. 4 inches. 6 inches. 8 inches. 10inches. 12inches. 16inches. Board measure. Feet. 6 8101214 -, Ft. in.2 0 2 8 3 4 4 0 4 8 5 4 Feet.345678 Ft. in. 4 0 5 4 6 8 8 0 9 410 8 Ft. in. 5 0 6 88 5 10 0 11 813 4 Feet.6810121416 Ft. in.8 010 813 416 018 821 4 Boards less than 1 inch thick are usually sold at so much per squarefoot, the price depending on the thickness of the lumber. Given thedimensions of a simple poultry building, one can work out a generalbill of material required for its construction. A working plan of thebuilding should be drawn, to a convenient scale, usually one-fourthinch to the foot for poultry houses, showing the ground plan, the
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Fig. 14.—A colony house used in Texas. front elevation, and the end or a cross section of the house. The billof material can be worked from this plan. In estimating lumber allow for waste as follows: Common sheath-ing add one-tenth for waste and one-fourth for matched flooring andall kinds of siding. Wire nails are generally preferred in construc-tion, as they are easier to use than cut nails, although the latter havegreater binding power. Use 10%to 20 penny nails for framing; 8 to POULTRY HOUSE CONSTRUCTION. 23 10 penny for sheathing ; 6 penny finish or casing nails for clapboard-ing, and 8 penny for siding. Four penny nails are 1^, 6 penny are 2,and 8 penny are 2£ inches long, etc. It takes about 8 pounds of5 penny nails to 1,000 shingles; 18 pounds of 6 penny for 1,000square feet, board measure, of beveled siding; 20 pounds of 8 pennyand 25 pounds of 10 penny for 1,000 square feet of sheathing; 30pounds of 8 penny for 1,000 square feet of flooring, and 15 poundsof 10 penny or 25

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