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you reach the top. Put door on south side, if possible. You may put a window in both or one of the gable ends. If you use a double furnace put two arches in one end; make them of brick. Extend arches about ten or twelve feet inside, one or two feet on the outside. Twelve inch piping is as good size as you can use. If you use a single furnace put one each in the centre of one end of the barn, and let the brick work extend within a foot and a half of the other wall.

(12) Curing Bright Tobacco

The first step in curing is called steaming or yellowing process. Get the temperature to 95[degree] in two or three hours, being careful not to go fast enough to scald the bottom tiers. Keep at this temperature for eight hours, then raise to 100[degree] and remain for six hours. Then raise to 105[degree] and remain for five or