se on fire, and there is not as
much danger of this as may be supposed. Run the walls of the
house-side all around, running the stem out at the middle of
the upper side. The stem should be run far enough above the
wall of the house to avoid danger of sparks from the
chimney. The height of the inside of the flue should be
preserved its whole length. The width may be slightly
decreased from the elbow to the chimney. The inner wall is
carried all around. But too much explanation bewilders; we
think we have said enough. As before said, we like small
barns; where too much tobacco is together, it all can not
receive the heat alike, which is our main objection to large
barns. As to the number of barns necessary, we would say
that there ought to be enough to receive all the crop
without moving any. Say one sixteen-foot barn to every 8,000
hills of tobacco planted. As a general rule, plant one
thousand hills for every hundred sticks house-room. That is,
if you have three barns plant 24,000 hills, and if it is
common tobacco, they will receive it. A much larger quantity
may be saved in this number of barns by curing and moving
out, but it is very troublesome."

[Illustration: Persian tobacco shed.]

In Kentucky and Tennessee the tobacco barns resemble those of Ohio and
the other Western states, and are large, commodious structures,
provided with every facility for curing the plants. In other
tobacco-growing countries the tobacco barns and sheds differ but
little from those in America, the only difference being in form and
building material. In countries where tobacco is a government
monopoly, large and comfortable buildings are provided for the crop
with all the necessary accessories for the curing, packing, and
storing of the tobacco. In South America many of the sheds are large
and low, built on the plantation, and close to the tobacco field. In
Cuba, the curing houses are located on the _vegas_, and as soon as the
tobacco is cut it is placed on the poles to dry or cure. In Asia, a
large quantity of the tobacco is cured in the peasants' huts, where
the smoke is said to impart additional flavor to the already fragrant
leaves. In the Philippines the largest tobacco sheds are found,
described by Gironiere as "vast sheds," and of sufficient capacity to
hold acres of the leaves. In Persia, where the celebrated Shiraz
tobacco is gr