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Labor and general expenses — Continued. 



50 tons of cotton-seed meal 1, 050. 00 



10,000 bushels of cotton seed 1,500.00 



Incidental expenses 150. 00 



Total amount of general expenses 8, 640. 00 



Interest on $8,640 for six months 259. 20 



Interest on $14,973.50 for twelve months 898. 41 



10 per cent depreciation on land and improvements 1, 338. 85 



20 per cent depreciation on stock and implements 317. 00 



Amount chargeable to tobacco crops 11, 453. 46 



Total amount of tobacco produced, 60,000 pounds. 

 Average cost about 18i cents per pound. 



Ia^^D OF BARN DESIRED AND ITS COST. 



In the development of the tobacco industry in Florida one of the 

 important points to be determined was, what kind of a barn or caring 

 shed was most desirable. Different kinds of buildings were construc- 

 ted — some broad and flat, others narrow and tall; some with wooden 

 shutters, other with glass windows. The man in favor of the glass 

 windows thought that to cure tobacco light in color, much light was 

 necessary. This proved a failure, as light tobacco is grown and not 

 made in the curing shed. The man with the tall, narrow barn thought 



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Fig. 2. — Sbed filled -n-itli primed leaves with the ventilators open. 



that to cure tobacco quickly was the proper thing; so he constructed 

 his barn in such a way as to make it as hot as possible, in order to cure 

 the tobacco quickly. The result was '^ house burn," bad color, and dead 

 tobacco. The man with the broad, flat barn wanted slow curing. I'his 

 style of barn proved nearest to the proiDer barn. However, the idea of 

 building a barn for slow curing was carried too far, the result being 

 that the tobacco molded because of insufficient heat and ventilation. 

 The barn illustrated in figs. 2-6 has been adopted by the most success- 

 ful growers as the correct barn. 



