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those in Virginia; constructed of logs and provided with 

 trenches for fires in curing the tobacco. The tobacco sheds 

 for hanging the tobacco cured by air-drying, are built of the 

 same material without trenches, as smoke is not employed in 

 curing "seed-leaf" tobacco. The sheds for both kinds of 

 curing tobacco are large structures, varying in size according 

 to the area of tobacco planted. Sometimes the sheds are 

 built near the woods where fuel can be procured, and in the 

 immediate vicinity of the tobacco field. The tobacco houses 

 are built in the strongest manner and of the most durable 

 material, and are well fitted for the .purpose designed. In 

 the counties bordering the Ohio River, where a large quan- 

 tity of tobacco is raised, the tobacco sheds are to be seen on 

 every hand, the smoke issuing from the sides of the building, 

 giving a stranger the idea of a burning building rather than 



the curing of a great 

 staple. 



The following ac- 

 count of constructing 

 tobacco barns in Mis- 

 souri, is from a St. 

 Louis paper : 



"We believe i n 

 small barns for any 

 kind of curing. A 

 house built 16 feet 

 inside and divided into 

 four rooms and six tier 



high in the body is the preferable size for flue or coal curing. 

 For flues they should be built on a very slightly sloping 

 place ; just enough to make the flues draw well. Flues four 

 inches lower at the eye than the chimney will be slope 

 enough. The door should always be between the flues and 

 in the end of the house, to prevent the drip from falling 

 before the door and the eye of the flues. The tiers should 

 begin eight feet above the ground and be placed two feet 

 above each other to the top. They should be placed across 

 the house so that the roof tier can conveniently be placed 

 above them. The door, three feet wide and six feet high, 

 furnished with a good, close shutter. A barn of this size will 



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