Radford's practical barn plans : being a complete collection of practical, economical and common-sense plans of barns, out buildings and stock sheds . e foot above ground to keep thefloor well up, but the height of course mustdepend on the nature of the ground andlocation in reference to the street anddriveway. It is not desirable to approachthe main doorway by a very steep bridgebecause it is often necessary to run car-riages out and in by hand. Of course ifit is necessary to set the floor up the drive-way may be raised accordingly, this how-ever very often runs into considerable ex-pense. Th
Radford's practical barn plans : being a complete collection of practical, economical and common-sense plans of barns, out buildings and stock sheds . e foot above ground to keep thefloor well up, but the height of course mustdepend on the nature of the ground andlocation in reference to the street anddriveway. It is not desirable to approachthe main doorway by a very steep bridgebecause it is often necessary to run car-riages out and in by hand. Of course ifit is necessary to set the floor up the drive-way may be raised accordingly, this how-ever very often runs into considerable ex-pense. The way a driveway approaches thestable afifects the appearance of the stable a good deal. Generally a pleasing effectmay be obtained by a curved drivewaywhere it is kept neatly trimmed at thesides. If the driveway is gently roundedand the edges kept about two inches low-er than the sod it is easy to maintain aclean track and a well defined edge with-out putting a whole lot of unnecessarywork on it. The lawn mower will trimthe grass and a spade used once a monthwill keep the edge of the drive in goodshape. The floor of this carriage house is made. solid by running a heavy girder lengthwiseof the building through the center. Joistsare carried from the sills to meet the gird-er. The floor is double, the first layer be- 90 RADFORDS PRACTICAL ing an inch thick dressed on one side tomake the boards even in thickness, is laiddiagonally. On top of this is laid a layerof felt roofing topped with tar, both under- in the length of the stall. These planksare nailed to one cross piece in the middleand another cross piece a little thicker un-der the manger, but the nailing is not very
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