TOBACCO BAEKS AND SHEDS. 



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sticks of tobacco. This, added to the capacity of the 

 pen, will give a total capacity of 3748 sticks, equal to 

 the housing of between eight and nine acres of tobacco. 

 In the heavy-shipping districts of Kentucky, Vir- 

 ginia and Tennessee, very few log barns are now built. 

 They are more troublesome to build than framed barns, 



FIG. 39. FLUES FOR CURING YELLOW LEAF, USED IN THE BARNS 

 SHOWN IN FIGS. 36 AND 37. 



and cannot be provided with so many conveniences. At 

 present, framed barns are constructed of all dimensions, 

 from 20 to 48 feet square, with doors entering through 

 the three divisions of the barns high and wide enough 

 to pass through with a loaded wagon. Figs. 29, 30 ana 

 31 give a good idea of a modern framed barn in the 



