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affords amount ampere hours beam blocks board foot boards braces brick cement common concrete construction convenient corn corn crib cost cows crib cubic feet cubic foot dairy barn dead air space desirable doors drain elevation equipment farm buildings farmstead FEED ALLEY floor flues foot foundation frame frost line furnace gambrel roof garage grade grain gravel gutter heating height hog house hollow tile inches inches thick installation joists kitchen labor length light load lumber manger masonry material method mixture mortar necessary outtake pens pipe placed plank plant plate plumbing porch possible pump purlin radiators rafter reinforcing round barn sand sash SECTION secured septic tank sewage sheathing shed shelter shingles side silage sill silo slope space stairs steel steel square storage studding sunlight supply tenant house tion truss usually ventilation wall width wood yard
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Page 351 - Dry Measure. — 2 pints = 1 quart; 8 quarts = 1 peck; 4 pecks = 1 bushel.
Page 351 - Square Measure. 144 square inches 1 square foot, 9 square feet 1 square yard, 30J square yards 1 square rod, 40 square rods 1 rood, 4 roods 1 acre.
Page 351 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard 128 cubic feet...
Page 291 - The cement shall be the product obtained by finely pulverizing clinker produced by calcining to incipient fusion an intimate mixture of properly proportioned argillaceous and calcareous substances, with only such additions subsequent to calcining as may be necessary to control certain properties. Such additions shall not exceed 3 per cent, by weight, of the calcined product.
Page 347 - ... that the sum of the squares of the two sides is equal to the square of the hypothenuse of a right-angle triangle.
Page 312 - S, is the moment of inertia divided by the distance from the neutral axis to the extreme fiber of the section.
Page 351 - ... 2 pints = 1 quart ; 8 quarts = 1 peck ; 4 pecks = 1 bushel. 4 gills = 1 pint ; 2 pints = 1 quart ; 4 quarts — 1 gallon ; 31 J gallons = 1 barrel ; 2 barrels = 1 hogshead. 12 inches = 1 foot ; 3 feet...