. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. BUILDING STONE-DYKES. 355 frame, answer the temporary purpose of an auxiliary frame. In uneven ground, a space of ^ a rood, or 15 yards, between the frames, is a sufficient ^?^retch of building at a time ; but, on even gi'ound, a rood may safely be Fig. Fie. 406. THE FRAME AST) COMMENCEMENT OF BUILDING A STOSE-DYKE. taken in. The cords ^g and l. i are then stretched along the space be- tween the frames, and fastened tn each frame respectiv
. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. BUILDING STONE-DYKES. 355 frame, answer the temporary purpose of an auxiliary frame. In uneven ground, a space of ^ a rood, or 15 yards, between the frames, is a sufficient ^?^retch of building at a time ; but, on even gi'ound, a rood may safely be Fig. Fie. 406. THE FRAME AST) COMMENCEMENT OF BUILDING A STOSE-DYKE. taken in. The cords ^g and l. i are then stretched along the space be- tween the frames, and fastened tn each frame respectively, to guide, as lines, the side of the dyke straight, and to gauge its breadth. The frame is held upright and steady by a stiff rail I:, having the nail projecting through one of its ends /, being hooked on to the top-bar of the frame, and a stone w laid upon its other end. (2173.) When the dyke has a scuncheon for its end, a large boulder, such as n, should be chosen as the foundation-stone; and if no boulders exist, a large stone should be selected for the purpose ; for no better pro- tection can be afforded to the end of a dyke than such a foundation, espe- cially if the scuncheon forms at the same time one side of a gateway to a field. Another boulder, or large stone, should be placed at a little distance from the first, as at o, and the smaller stones are used to fill up the space between them, until the space is raised to the hight of the boulders. There is a great art in laying small stones ; and it is, in fact, this part of dyke- building which detects the difference between a good and bad builder.— In good dry building, the stones are laid with an inclination downward, from the middle of the dyke, toward each face, as seen at a to a, and h to h, fig. 406. This conti'ivance causes the rain which may have found its way down through the top of the dyke to be thrown off by both sides ; and, to ; the inclination of the stones, small stones tJiu^ be packed fir
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