4192 OHIO SHEDS. 
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- 
tobacco barns in Mis- 
souri, is from a St. 
Louis paper: 
“ We believe in 
small barns for any 
kind of curing. A 
house built 16 feet 
OHIO TOBACCO SHED, 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 fo 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 
