﻿Tobacco 
  Interests 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina. 
  177 
  

  

  by 
  Saturday, 
  or 
  it 
  is 
  cut 
  on 
  Friday 
  and 
  Saturday, 
  postpon- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  curing 
  till 
  Monday, 
  from 
  the 
  rigid 
  regard 
  for 
  the 
  Sab- 
  

   bath 
  and 
  its 
  universal 
  observance 
  by 
  all 
  classes, 
  although 
  

   the 
  planters 
  suffer 
  serious 
  inconvenience 
  and 
  expense 
  in 
  the 
  

   cutting 
  season 
  when 
  the 
  weather 
  on 
  Monday 
  is 
  unfavorable 
  

   for 
  outdoor 
  work. 
  

  

  Twelve 
  hands 
  will 
  fill 
  a 
  barn 
  of 
  600 
  pounds' 
  capacity 
  in 
  

   two 
  days 
  ; 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  excellent 
  work, 
  and 
  the 
  last 
  loads 
  will 
  

   not 
  be 
  gotten 
  in 
  until 
  after 
  nightfall. 
  

  

  The 
  sticks 
  are 
  Ah 
  feet 
  long, 
  and 
  are 
  placed 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  

   of 
  from 
  8 
  to 
  10 
  inches 
  apart 
  on 
  the 
  tier 
  poles, 
  but 
  never 
  less 
  

   than 
  8 
  inches, 
  for 
  fear 
  of 
  sweating 
  or 
  " 
  house-burn." 
  

  

  tobacco-barns. 
  

  

  For 
  fine 
  tobacco, 
  curing-barns 
  are 
  built 
  of 
  logs, 
  small 
  and 
  

   tight, 
  from 
  16 
  to 
  22 
  feet 
  square. 
  The 
  larger 
  size 
  has 
  the 
  

   merit 
  of 
  economy, 
  while 
  16-foot 
  barns 
  have 
  the 
  approval 
  of 
  

   the 
  larger 
  number 
  of 
  planters. 
  The 
  comparative 
  housing 
  

   capacity 
  is 
  about 
  as 
  4 
  to 
  7, 
  the 
  smaller 
  holding 
  352 
  sticks, 
  

   the 
  larger 
  650, 
  one 
  foot 
  apart. 
  If 
  16 
  feet, 
  the 
  barn 
  is 
  di- 
  

   vided 
  by 
  five 
  sets 
  of 
  tier 
  poles 
  into 
  four 
  equal 
  compart- 
  

   ments; 
  if 
  20 
  feet 
  square, 
  six 
  sets 
  of 
  tier 
  poles 
  divide 
  the 
  

   barn, 
  including, 
  in 
  both 
  cases, 
  the 
  joists, 
  and 
  exclusive 
  of 
  

   the 
  collar-beams. 
  A 
  slope 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  is 
  used, 
  if 
  possible, 
  

   that 
  the 
  furnace 
  may 
  open 
  on 
  thnt 
  side, 
  prevailing 
  winds 
  

   being 
  from 
  the 
  west 
  in 
  the 
  curing 
  season. 
  

  

  When, 
  as 
  is 
  generalh' 
  the 
  case, 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  barn 
  is 
  

   needed, 
  the 
  barns 
  are 
  grouped' 
  together 
  for 
  convenience, 
  

   but 
  not 
  nearer 
  than 
  100 
  feet, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  danger 
  from 
  

   fire. 
  An 
  inclination 
  of 
  2 
  feet 
  in 
  20 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  advan- 
  

   tageous 
  in 
  arranging 
  the 
  furnaces. 
  The 
  reason 
  assigned 
  

   for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  log 
  instead 
  of 
  frame 
  barns 
  is, 
  that 
  the 
  latter, 
  

   even 
  though 
  they 
  be 
  ceiled, 
  cannot 
  be 
  heated 
  sufficiently. 
  

   The 
  ground 
  sills 
  are 
  of 
  oak, 
  well 
  underpinned, 
  and 
  on 
  these 
  

   the 
  pen, 
  20 
  feet 
  square, 
  is 
  built 
  of 
  logs 
  about 
  6 
  inches 
  in 
  di- 
  

   ameter, 
  notched 
  down 
  closely. 
  At-the 
  height 
  of 
  5 
  feet 
  a 
  set 
  

   of 
  six 
  tier 
  poles, 
  generally 
  of 
  pine, 
  and 
  4 
  inches 
  in 
  diame- 
  

   ter, 
  is 
  laid 
  horizontally, 
  resting 
  upon 
  the 
  northern 
  and 
  

   southern 
  walls, 
  the 
  two 
  outside 
  pells 
  lying 
  against 
  the 
  east 
  

   and 
  west 
  walls. 
  The 
  first 
  tier 
  is 
  only 
  used 
  in 
  hanging 
  and 
  

   hoisting; 
  the 
  next 
  is 
  laid 
  on 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  way, 
  three 
  logs 
  

   above; 
  and 
  so 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  top, 
  when 
  the 
  sixth 
  is 
  laid, 
  serving 
  

  

  