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<p><a href="page.php?w=Image%3ABarn_Raising_DeKalb_County_IN.jpg">thumb</a>A <b>barn raising</b>, <b>raising bee</b>, or <b>rearing</b> is an action in which a <a href="page.php?w=Barn_%28building%29">barn</a> for a resident of a community is built or rebuilt collectively by its members. Barn raising was particularly common in 18th- and 19th-century rural <a href="page.php?w=North_America">North America</a>. A barn was a necessary structure for any farmer, for example for storage of cereals and hay and keeping of animals. Yet a barn was also a large</p><p>
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