TOBACCO BAKNS AND SHEDS. 



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VIG. 41. CROSS-SECTION OF 

 BAKN SHOWN IX FIG. 40. 



On each side there will be 10 tier poles arranged 

 horizontally and three vertically, giving for both sides 

 60 tier poles 13 feet long. Add the collar beams, which 

 will average about half the length of the tier poles, and 

 there will be 10 additional ones. These, all added to- 

 gether, will give 125 tiers, ca- 

 pable of holding each about 20 

 sticks, making the capacity of 

 such a barn about 2500 sticks, 

 or with room enough to house 

 about six acres of heavy tobacco. c 

 In such a barn, doors are made B 

 to enter between the four sets 

 of sills. Thic makes a great 

 convenience in driving a load of 

 tobacco immediately under the 

 tiers to be filled. There are no end sills. The planks, 

 or boards, for inclosing the barn are nailed to the sills, 

 girders and plates. In arranging the tier poles, which 

 are 3x4 inches, every alternate one should rest on the 

 girder beside a post, the posts on the sides of the barn 

 being eight feet apart. The tier poles are arranged per- 

 pendicular to the sides. The 

 entire cost of such a barn is 

 about $250 to $300, varying 

 somewhat according to the prices 

 of lumber and the wages of 

 rough carpenters. 



Many barns are constructed 

 without any sills whatever, the 

 posts resting upon flat rocks. These seem to be as dur- 

 able as those in which sills are used. The bracing must 

 be well done, however. Several of this style are shown 

 in Figs. 32, 33 and 34. 



A method of building barns with excavations, or 

 cellars, has recently been practiced in some of the heavy 



SECTIONAL VIEW. 



