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inch board laid in the passageway between the stalls and in the 

 middle of each stall upon which the person hanging the tobacco 

 walks. The height of the building is divided into three floors, with 

 two floors in the gable. The floors can be connected by stairs or an 

 elevator. Each unit should contain about 2,000 cubic yards of space. 

 This size unit will accommodate the crop of from 5 to 6 acres of 

 tobacco without artificial heat, which capacity is doubled if artificial 



Fig. 3. — End elevation of tobacco barn. 



heat is used; and, as about one-fourth of the crop is harvested at a 

 picking, 5 units will care for 100 acres of crop with artificial heat, 

 but 10 units will be necessary if no such heat is provided. 



The heating plant should be hot water or steam, preferably the 

 latter. Flue heating is not safe. There is danger of fire, and the 

 heat is not controllable as in the case of either water or steam. The 

 pipes should be placed on the first floor only. 



