American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . uch stronger than when framed into middleposts. Then they will sustain all lateral press-ure, and be strong enough to fully compensatefir lack of braces. The roof will be verystrongly braced. The long braces under theeaves are not objectionable;—one long braceis worth two short ones, in our opinion. I have seen several large barns trussed up invarious ways. Some have worked well; othershave failed to meet the expectation, for want ofproper construction. In all, so far as I know,both frame and rods have been used; that is,they have be
American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . uch stronger than when framed into middleposts. Then they will sustain all lateral press-ure, and be strong enough to fully compensatefir lack of braces. The roof will be verystrongly braced. The long braces under theeaves are not objectionable;—one long braceis worth two short ones, in our opinion. I have seen several large barns trussed up invarious ways. Some have worked well; othershave failed to meet the expectation, for want ofproper construction. In all, so far as I know,both frame and rods have been used; that is,they have been framed without any referenceto using rods, and afterwards they were applied,making great and needless expense of labor andmaterial, and the necessity of splicing either thebeams or posts where they cross each other. The illustrations show simple, neat, and dur-able structures, and a pleasing style of archi-tecture, as well as widely applicable. Fig. 2 rep-resents a section, or rather the different modesof supporting the different sections, iu the barn. FEED FLOOR
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