CUBING. 



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the other side of the pole, just far enough along so that 

 the leaves of the two stalks will not touch and 'pole- 

 burn/ and so continue, the stalks being hung alternately 

 on the sides of the pole, as seen in Fig. 9. After the 

 house is filled, some put fires under the crop to hasten its 



FIG. 9. 



FIG. 30. 



Tobacco-house. 



drying ; but it is found by experience that the practice is 

 not a good one." 



Bishop describes the common size of tobacco-house as 

 about 100 feet long by 24 feet wide, posts 17 feet long, 

 and built upon a wall 18 inches high ; the buildings are 

 framed with girths from bent to bent, for boarding up 

 and down, the bents being 12 feet apart. The external 

 appearance is illustrated in Fig. 10. "The boards for 



