out trenches, as smoke
is not employed in curing "seed-leaf" tobacco. The sheds for both
kinds of curing tobacco are large structures, varying in size
according to the area of tobacco planted. Sometimes the sheds are
built near the woods where fuel can be procured, and in the immediate
vicinity of the tobacco field. The tobacco houses are built in the
strongest manner and of the most durable material, and are well fitted
for the purpose designed. In the counties bordering the Ohio River,
where a large quantity of tobacco is raised, the tobacco sheds are to
be seen on every hand, the smoke issuing from the sides of the
building, giving a stranger the idea of a burning building rather than
the curing of a great staple.

[Illustration: Ohio tobacco shed.]

The following account of constructing tobacco barns in Missouri, is
from a St. Louis paper:

"We believe in small barns for any kind of curing. A house
built 16 feet inside and divided into four rooms and six
tier high in the body is the preferable size for flue or
coal curing. For flues they should be built on a very
slightly sloping place; just enough to make the flues draw
well. Flues four inches lower at the eye than the chimney
will be slope enough. The door should always be between the
flues and in the end of the house, to prevent the drip from
falling before the door and the eye of the flues. The tiers
should begin eight feet above the ground and be placed two
feet above each other to the top. They should be placed
across the house so that the roof tier can conveniently be
placed above them. The door, three feet wide and six feet
high, furnished with a good, close shutter. A barn of this
size will cure 800 sticks of common size tobacco, which
will weigh about 1200 lbs. The proper construction of flues
is of great importance; they should be built of any stone
that will stand fire without bursting. White sand-stone,
bastard soap-stone, or any other that does not contain
flint. The size of a flue for a sixteen foot barn, is
generally about 12 inches wide by 14 inches high inside. Not
much care need be taken to have them smooth on the outside.
If stone can be had to make the inside smooth so as not to
obstruct the putting on of wood, it is all that is
necessary. They should be run just far enough from the
house-side not to set the hou