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logs or adobe. The roof can be made of any material which will retain the 

 heat. The doorway should be in the middle of the wall, (six feet high and 

 four feet wide.) and to extend to the ground or floor; furnish it with a good 

 close shutter or door. 



FLUES. 



In the construction of flues, stone of any kind that will not burst or crumble 

 ■when exposed to the heat, brick or sheet-iron covered with mortar, cement, or 

 clay, to receive and deliver a steady heat, are the principal materials used. 



As applied to a tobacco-bam, they usually consist of two furnaces built 

 inside, (near the right and left front corners as you enter,) with the ends pro- 

 jecting through the walls far enough to allow the feed-doors to open from the 

 outside. Connected with these, on the inside, are funnels or passages, sixteen 

 or eighteen inches in diameter, which extend around three sides of the barn, 

 (about two feet from the walls,) and serve to distribute the heat evenly, and 

 convey the smoke to the chimney or outlet. This chimney, or stem, as 

 commonly arranged, is situated at the center of the rear wall, where the pipes 

 or flues meet and join it. 



Extend the chimney through the wall, and far enough beyond to prevent 

 all danger from sparks. In order to insure a good draught, the chimney 

 should be about four inches higher than the mouth of the furnace. There are 

 patent flues in use which have given very good satisfaction, and we advise 

 those who intend curing with flues to examine them before building the com- 

 mon flue. 



HOUSES FOR AIR-CURING. 



The drying-house should be so constructed as to allow the free circulation 

 of air among the leaves, and protect them, when necessary, from the direct 

 action of the sun, wind, and rain. Any building will answer the purpose which 

 has a good roof, and windows and air-holes enough to regulate the circula- 

 tion. 



In erecting a building especially for this purpose, place a ventilator on the 

 roof, and board the sides of the house perpendicularly, hanging every other 

 board on hinges. 



The inside should be divided by poles or timbers into "rooms," to accom- 

 modate the length of your sticks, and also into tiers, one above the other, about 

 two feet apart, more or less, according to the length of the leaves grown. 



Before proceeding to the gathering and curing of the crop, we call your 

 attention to the Tobacco-Hanger. 



