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if the outside air is very dry, the barn should be kept 

 closed during the day, and opened up at night. The 

 object is to keep the moisture of the air in the barn quite 

 high until the important changes in composition have 

 taken place, as shewn by the change in the colour of the 

 leaf from green to vellow. Of course, if the outside air 

 is quite humid, the barn should be kept open during the 

 day. 



1'HOTO TAKEN' BY Mk. I. B. DE JlAJUMDAK. 



Hand press for baling tobacco. The buildings of the Turkish Regie, 

 Xanthi, Macedonia. 



The full development of the yellow colour marks 

 the end of the first period of curing. During the second 

 stage the changes consist mainly in the further breaking 

 up of the products formed in the first stage of the curing, 

 and the development of the brown colour. Here again 

 it must be understood that brown colouring matters are 

 not derived from the yellow, nor are they derived directly 



