126. If A receives 8 an hour, and B 6 , the work done by B costs \ less than the work done by A. What change should be made in B's pay to equalize the cost of their work?

127. A cleated ceiling barn door 12' X 12' is to be made. Allowing 1/4" waste, how much will the material, exclusive of cleats, cost @ $40 per M?

128. If 18 laths cover 1 sq. yd., how many laths will it take to lath a room 18' X 32' X 9' 6" high, allowing for 6 windows 3' X 7', and 3 doors 8' X 3' 6" ?

129. Make out a stock list for a 1 1/8" doweled screen door, 2' 8" X 6' 8", outside, stiles and top rails to be 4" wide, middle rail 5" wide, and bottom rail 7" wide.

130. Allowing | waste, how many feet B. M. will there be in the above door?

131. An excavation is to be made for a cellar 20' square, and 6' deep. How many cubic yards of earth will have to be removed?

132. At 12 1/2 per cubic yard, how much will the above excavation cost ?

133. How many laths will it take to cover a house which has 6 rooms, averaging 12' X 12' X 8', making no allowance for openings?

134. If it costs $1.75 to make and set an ordinary window frame, how much will it cost to make and set the frames in a given house?

135. The market price of window frames is $1.50. Student A receives 12 1/2 an hour, and makes a frame upon which the labor and material cost $1.50, allowing 6' for waste at 3 per foot. Student B receives 10 per hour, and makes a frame which costs $ 1.40, but wastes 11'. Which is the more profitable man?

136. Estimating lumber @ 4 per foot, how much cheaper is A's labor than B's upon this job?

137. A plank is 2" X 12" and 18' long. How many feet B. M. does it contain?

138. A board which is 18" wide when wet, shrinks, in drying, 11/16". How wide is it when it is dried?

139. A cellar 22' X 35' is to be excavated 6' deep at one end and 4' at the other. How many cubic yards of earth will have to be removed ?

140. A pitch roof house 40' long is to be built. The rafters are to be 2" X 6" 14' long, and placed 20" to centers. Make stock list for the rafters.

141. At the rate of 60 per square for labor, how much will the labor cost to lay a floor 65' X 98'?

142. A board weighs 42 lb. green; in drying, its weight decreases 1/3. How much does it weigh when dried ?

143. If 6 boxes cost $3.50 to make, how much will 40 cost, if a price 1/20 less is agreed upon on account of the larger number ?

144. If the work would allow it, how many students, @ 8 each per hour, would be needed to do the same work as 20 students, who receive 10 each per hour?

145. How many times may a board 12" wide be ripped, if the strips are to be 1" wide, and the saw cut 1/8" wide? How wide a strip will be left?

146. If a board 14' X 9" has a knot which destroys 1/8 of it, how much good lumber is there left?

147. A receives 10 per hour for his work, and B, 8. They are given a job together. How much of the work ought each to do?

148. How many square feet of flooring should be ordered to cover a floor 20' long, and 14' wide at one end, and 20' at the other, allowing 1/4 waste ?

149. A four-light window is 29" X 54" high; allowing 5" in width and 6" in height, what is the size of the glass?

150. If the above window weighs 24 lb., what size weight will be necessary ? How many weights ?

151. How many wooden tiles 5" X 5" will it take to lay a floor 15'X l7' 6"?

152. How many pounds of weights will be necessary to hang the windows of a given house properly?

153. How many feet of window cord will be needed to hang the above windows?

154. A partition 14' long and 8' high is to be put up. The material for the job costs $40 per M, and the nails 20. The work is to be done by two students, receiving respectively 10 and 8 per hour, working 8 hr. each. Allowing \ waste, how much will the job cost?

155. How much will each student receive?

156. Nine pieces, each containing 1 sq. ft., are cut from a board containing 13'. How much of the board is wasted, if, by injudicious stock cutting, the rest of the board is worthless? No allowance is made for the saw cut.

157. A certain field is inclosed by a rail fence 4' 6" high, 1 1/3 ft. of rails to the foot in length. The fence contains 1760' of fence rails. How long is the fence?

158. If the field is square, how many square feet are there in it?

159. If 18 laths are used to cover 1 sq. yd., how many 3d nails will it take to cover 786 sq. yd., using 7 lb. to 1000 laths?

160. If ten panels are each 173/4" long, entering the groove 12", how long a piece of panelwork would they make if the rails were 3" wide ?

161. If sixteen 1/4" boards, each containing 9 sq. ft., are used upon a certain job, how many feet B. M. will be used?

162. A board is 14' long and 6" wide; how many square feet are there in it?

163. How many feet of lumber 1" thick will be used in laying a rough floor in a carriage house, which is 28' X 24', allowing \ waste?

164. A floor is to be laid in a horse stable 20' X 75' and 4" thick. Allowing \ waste, how many feet B. M. will be used?

165. If the top rail of a door is 5" wide, with a \" groove upon one edge, and a 3 1/2" tenon is to be cut, leaving the rest for a relish, how wide will the relish be?

166. A halved and rabbeted joint is to be made of material which is 3" wide. If the rebate is 9/16" deep, how wide will the space between the rebates on the back be?

167. In making a table, the \" rail is to be set back from the face of the leg 3/8", and the tenon is to be 3/8" thick and in the center of the rail. How far from the face of the leg should the outside edge of the mortise be placed?

168. In making a stretcher joint of 7/8" material, the two back members will each be \". How thick will the face member be?

169. A and B receive jobs of the same character. A cuts up $ 2 worth of material; B, $2.40. A receives 10 per hour, and B, 9. A's time amounts to $2 ; B's, to $1.80. B thinks his pay should be raised to 10 per hour. Should it ? Why ?