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TOBACCO LEAF. 



heavy-tobacco regions. The passageways are ahout 12 

 feet wide between the sills, though from outside to out- 

 side is 40 feet. These passage ways are separated by 

 sills set on stone pillars. The posts set on the 

 outside sills are 15 feet high, capped by a stout plate 

 4x6 inches. At the hight of nine feet from the level of 

 the sill, the first set of girders, 4x3 inches, is let in the 

 posts from the outside. The second set of girders is 

 placed three feet above the first, and the plate, which 

 answers in the place of a girder, three feet higher on 



FIG. 40. CIGAR LEAF BARN. 



The type most commonly used in the Connecticut valley. 



the top of the outside set of posts. The two sets of 

 posts set on the inside sills are 21 feet high, and girders 

 are let in at 9, 12, 15 and 18 feet from the level of the 

 sills, and stout plates put on the top of these central 

 parts. Tier poles are arranged 3 feet 10 inches apart on 

 the girders. Between the high central posts there are 

 10 tiers arranged horizontally and 5 vertically, besides 

 the collar beams in the roof, thus giving 50 tier poles in 

 the center of the barn and 10 collar beams, each of the 

 latter 7 feet long. 



