274: QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Aprin, 1902. 
the good sheds will pay for themselves ; that tobacco properly cured in properly 
constructed sheds will always bring the top market prices, and be first 
sought by the buyers, and, if there is more tobacco in the country than buyers 
want, the well-cured and well-handled tobaccos will be given the preference. 
Further, a good shed can be built with but little cost besides the work in 
building. Such a barn is here shown in the illustration, and is known ag the log: 
ToBAcco-cuRING SHED Burnt or Locs. 
barn, is used by thousands of American tobacco-growers, and in which some of 
the finest tobacco is cured. The only trouble is putting up the walls, and we 
usually overcome that by inviting our neighbours to a barn-raising ; we give 
them a good dinner of roast pig and roast mutton with trimmings and a wee 
drop to encourage, and the barn is raised in one day. 
Now that we have all the States for a market, there will be a demand for 
more than we can supply for many years to come, if we will only give them the 
best that careful work will produce. ; 
I would advise every selector in the Texas and Inglewood districts to 
construct such a barn as is here given, and grow as much tobacco as the home 
force can look after without neglecting the other crops of the farm. If he can 
only grow a couple of acres it is £50 or £60 in his pocket, and sometimes it 
will be much more to him. 
If we will supply the manufacturer with what he wants—and we can if we 
will only try—there will be a demand for more than can be supplied for the 
next six or eight years, with plenty of competition in the buying. If the 
growers will do their duty, the tobacco industry, in a few years, will be one of 
the most profitable to the farmer and as valuable to the State as any we now 
have. 
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