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barns, he runs a great risk in curing them. The frame barn 

 is more expensive to build than the log, but it gives better 

 satisfaction. 



A good size for the building is 16x16, or 16x20 feet in- 

 side measure. 18 feet from the ground to the plate, with 

 brick foundation 2-J- to 3 feet high. The bricks can be 

 turned the nine inch way, which greatly economizes ma- 

 terial and answers every purpose. The pillars at each cor- 

 ner must be built strong. The building is an ordinary 

 frame structure, weatherboarded, with studding 17 inches 

 apart from center to center; manila paper being on stud- 

 ding on the inside, and ceiling half an inch thick and 8 inches 

 wide, is nailed on the top of this. The roof is sheathed 

 and shingled in the ordinary way, with an opening 6 inches 

 wide left under the comb the entire length. A board fast- 

 ened with hinges is arranged to open and shut over this 

 place at will. Ventilation is given from the bottom. The 

 tier poles are made of 3x4 scantlings, fastened securely to 

 the side of the building, the first set being 7 feet from the 

 floor, and forty- five inches apart from center to center. The 

 next set must be directly above and 18 or 20 inches higher, 

 and so on till the body and roof of the barn are filled in like 

 manner. The space between weather-boarding and ceiling 

 can be filled in with sawdust, in addition to the paper. 



A curing barn, if built of good material, will last for 

 years. It is an absolute fact that tobacco cured in the frame 

 building has a sweeter flavor than that cured in the old- 

 fashioned log barn The difference is accounted for in this 



