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steep ; and in Fig. 98 one that is not steep 

 enough. It is better to place the barn where 

 wanted, even if the incline has to be changed, 



Fig. 97. The original incline or slope is too steep 





than to place it in an unhandy position that 

 the best slope may be secured. It is not diffi- 

 cult to construct a basement barn on level or 

 nearly level land. In the latter case, all of the 

 basement walls may be of wood, since provision 

 can be made for a driveway to the second floor 

 by means of a retaining wall built some ten or 



Fig. 98. The original slope is not steep enough. 



twelve feet from the barn ; the space between 

 the wall and the barn may be bridged (Fig. 

 99). Cast-off steel or iron rails form durable 

 and excellent sleepers for such a bridge, the 



