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all too plain as to where the barn should have 

 been located. This large barn made the house 

 appear much smaller than before, and from one 

 approach the farm had the appearance of being 

 untenanted, as the barn hid the house. It is 

 humiliating, but how could I have known better 

 at that time of life, with ideas of barn building 

 inherited and with neither book nor teacher to 

 guide me ? 



The barn should be located far enough from 

 the house to prevent the aromas of the stables 

 and kitchen from mingling, and at such a dis- 

 tance as not to seriously endanger either one, if 

 the other should be destroyed by fire. If possi- 

 ble, the barn should be on lower ground than 

 the house, that no wash or seepage from it may 

 tend toward the house, and for other sanitary 

 reasons. The lower level will assist to make the 

 barns inconspicuous. One hundred feet is the 

 minimum distance which should intervene be- 

 tween these inflammable and expensive structures, 

 except in a very cold climate, where the house 

 and the barn may be connected by a covered 

 way. See Figs. 94 and 95. This way need not 

 be expensive, and should be so constructed that 

 it can be pulled down in a few minutes in case 

 of fire. It need not be high, and the roof might 

 pitch but one way and be composed, in part at 

 least, of glass. If the entire roof was of glass 



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