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Figure 19. 



It is not necessary at present to give details for the con- 

 struction of this barn and apparatus. It is claimed that 

 this system of curing tobacco in the Snow Modern Barn 

 has important advantages. The leaves are stripped from 

 the stalks in the lield and brought to the barn in baskets, 

 and strung about the width of a linger apart on pointed 

 wires which project at right angles from a wooden stick. 

 As the sticks are tilled they are placed in movable racks 

 in the barn, and as fast as a rack is tilled it is raised by a 

 simple device to the top of the building. This is continued 

 until the barn is filled, leaving only as much space between 

 racks as is required for the hanging leaves. 



Plan of Housing. — The plan of housing in this barn is 

 illustrated by Figure 20. 



