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another, so that the top courses of the upper rack may serve as a ridge- 

 pole; then on each side set parallel racks on the ground. 



The invention of* these racks, and of the process of hanging the plants 

 in a horizontal position, are patented by the Governments of the United 

 States and other countries to James D. Gulp, of Santa Clara County, 

 California, whose patented rights are conveyed to the Consolidated 

 Tobacco Company of California, which grants the privilege of their use 

 on terms of royalty; that is, of a percentage of the tobacco cured. 

 Planters who prefer not to pay the royalty ma}* follow the old-fash- 

 ioned ways of splitting or spearing the stalks, and hanging them butts 

 upward. Rut a material saving in labor is effected by hanging on the 

 rack, to say nothing of other advantages which will be obvious to tho 

 old planter. 



