. The New England farmer . herkinds. We stripped a roof covered with thiskind, and on inquiry, learned it had been inuse forty yyars, and there were no very badleaks then. Extra cedar shingles arenext best. Shaved shingles are more dur-able than those of any other , if the timber be large and the sapall taken off, will last fifteen or twenty years,but shingles made of small spruce or firtimber with sap on, such as are imposedupon the market, are comparatively worthless,especially the extras, and so are poyilar, al-though much depends on the condition of thetimber when
. The New England farmer . herkinds. We stripped a roof covered with thiskind, and on inquiry, learned it had been inuse forty yyars, and there were no very badleaks then. Extra cedar shingles arenext best. Shaved shingles are more dur-able than those of any other , if the timber be large and the sapall taken off, will last fifteen or twenty years,but shingles made of small spruce or firtimber with sap on, such as are imposedupon the market, are comparatively worthless,especially the extras, and so are poyilar, al-though much depends on the condition of thetimber when it is cut. Some kinds of ashshingles last well, but they warp and crackbadly. I have used hackmatack shingles, butnever observed as to their din-ability. Con-cerning the best pitch of roof, my observa-tion has been that the steeper the roof thelonger it will last. The fact that shingles willlast nmch longer on perpendicular walls thanon any pitch of roof, is evidence in favor ofsteep roofs.—A. W. Clark, in Maine ^b;* ^^t^
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