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to the house, for drying ; 2 by 4 scantling" of basswood 

 or pine, are suitable for hanging on, though smooth rails 

 are often used, but are not economical, according to the 

 plan herein described. The plants are handed to a man, 

 who, beginning at the top tier of the house, proceeds to 

 tie them as follows : 



" Have a piece of twine upon a needle, similar to a 

 seine needle. After tying the first stalk to the pole, he 

 places another on the opposite side of the pole, and takes 

 a single turn around the stalk. The third stalk is then 

 placed upon the same side as the first, the twine passed 

 around the fourth on the other side, and so on, until the 

 pole is full, and the twine made fast. The twine should 

 be strong enough to support the strain, for if it breaks, 

 the whole string of tobacco will fall. The manner of 

 drying it may be seen in cut 9. 



'' One plant should not touch another, as it would 

 cause them to mould. After the first pole is filled, 

 another may be operated upon, until the whole range is 

 full. Then commence with the second tier, and so on, 

 until the house is filled, or the crop secured. Care must 

 now be taken to regulate the ventilation until the crop is 

 cured, which is not completed until the stem in the leaf 

 has become hard, clear up to the main stalk, A tobacco 

 house may be twenty feet high, thirty-six feet wide, and 

 forty feet long. This will give three ranges, twelve 

 feet wide, and four tiers in height, and will hold from 

 two to two and a-half acres of heavy tobacco. It should 

 have doors in the ends and sides, extending to the eaves, 

 to insure thorough ventilation, but care should be taken 

 that strong winds do not blow the tobacco against each 

 other, especially when dry, as it is thereby broken and 

 injured. In order to insure thorough ventilation in a 

 building of this size, it should have a ventilator on the 

 top running the whole length of the building, similar 

 to those on breweries, which may be closed by means of 

 blinds. Where but little tobacco is raised, it may be 

 hung in the loft of the barn, and other out-buildings, and 

 in this way from one-half to one acre may be easly dis- 

 posed of. After the tobacco is thoroughly cured, a damp 



