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foundation for the barn. An eight-inch wall of stone 

 or brick is built with strong cement upon the gravel 

 foundation. This wall is built about five and one-half 

 feet high, which makes a basement. A door should be 

 left on the lower side of the wall and in the center of it. 

 On each side of the space left for the door, two 

 other openings should be left, three inches from the 

 ground and 22 inches from the side wall, through which 



FIG. 53. BALLOON FRAME TOBACCO BARN. 



The sill Is on stone posts 18 Inches above ground, with an 18-Inch door lengthwise, 

 as shown in Fig. 40. The sill, c, is 6x6 inches, the plate 2x6, d, the studding 18 

 feet high of 2x4 set four feet apart, and flush with sill and plate on in tide, 

 firmly nailed at bottom and spiked through plate at top. Then nail on sides 

 two strips of 2x6 flat, a a, which will come flush with owtside of sill and plate; 

 upon these four surfaces nail the weather boarding, or covering. Brace 

 across each side and end, by nailing on 2x6 flat inside, as shown in the cut. A 

 barn 34 feet wide allows a 10-foot driveway and bays on each side 12 feet deep. 

 The poles, o, for holding the lath on which plants are hung are also 2x4 stuff, 

 every four feet, beginning even with the plate; the next three tiers below are 

 each four feet apart; this brings the bottom permanent tier iy t feet from the 

 ground, or high enough not to interfere with driving in a loaded team. An- 

 other tier four feet below this will allow 3K feet for hanging plants. A tier 

 may be put in the roof also, nailed to rafters. Rafters, p, are 24 feet long. 



the ends of the stoves should come to within the dis- 

 tance of four inches of the outside face of the wall. The 

 doors of the stoves open outwards. The stoves (Fig. 43) 

 are elevated three inches above the ground floor of the 

 basement, and are covered with brick arches, with an 

 air space of six inches between the arches and the stoves, 

 forming jackets, but the rear ends of the jackets are left 



