The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-04
THE MODERN TOBACCO BARN.
1t is Already a Success and Gaining in
Popularity Every Day-Some
Account of 1t.

Account Of It.
When Mr.. W. H. Snow, late of High
Point, now of Oxford, came to North
Carolina no one dreamed that he would
revoIutiOnize tobacco curing. But he
has done Sc, and the half is not seen
yet. A company has been organized
at Oxford with a capital of 5000, 600
for the manufacture and sale Of the
modern tobacco barn fixtures, They
will have men on every market to buy
the product of their barns and stick
process.
Here are some Of the advantages of
superiority that they claim and that
have been proven to the satisfaction of
al:
LIST. The planter can begin to house
his crop from two to four weeks
earlier.
ID. Everything is saved and there is
no loss by firing on the hill"
Sd. AS the lower leaves are pulled
off, those left on the stalk ripen up and
yellow more rapidly, which enables
the planter to get in his crop earlier in
the season.
4th. Tobacco can be cured a more
uniform color.
5th. Less fuel will be required.
9th. The risk of setting fire to the
barn will be greatly lessened.
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much smaller space, and with no dan
ger of losing color, or of mould.
8th. By this process enough leaves,
which are lost by the old process, Will
be saved to pay for the fertilizer neces-
sary to grow the crop, also to pay for
all extra labor needed in housing the
same.
9th. 1t will help to solve the problem
Of over-production, by grading up the
tobacco in our section 50 as to place
us above the competition Of those sec
tons which grow low grades of to-
bacco, which in the past few years has
proved so detrimental to u pockets.
1t is safe to say that no firm OF com
pany would have ventured such a
large capital unless they have some
thing cal, safe and tried.
ABSORPTION.
Naturally the reader who is not
acquainted with this invention wants
to know what it is or what good there
is in it. The barn itself is a model of
~neatness, convenience and will Go
several times asmuch curing as the old
fashioned barn. Every tobacco raiser
knows the advantage of curing tobacco
right. There is fully as much to be
gained in curing as in raising. The
tobacco sticks used each hold six steel
wires nine inches long and about six
inches apart, making iii all about 1890
wires, Each wire has two points, hence
there are Is, 72O points to the barn.
These wire points are for holding the
tobacco leaves, which are stripped
from the stalks and stuck on, six to
each point, the wire being pushed
through the butt of the stem. So an
ordinary barn will hold 112, 800 leaves
when full, or about 1000 pounds of
tobacco when cured, equal to the work
of eight or nine barns of the old kind.
In this modern barn the curing is
done at 135 degrees extreme heat. This
is about as high as the mercury runs
on a hot day when exposed to the sun;
hence you get in this barn the ad-
vantages of the sun-cure with the adj
vantage of the best fue-cure. The barn
is so constructed that there is a strong
current of air passing through the to.
bacco which causes a rapid evaporation
and leaves it with the essential oils and
wax unimpaired by heat.
We think this process is all that is
claimed for it, and would advise all
engaged in tobacco raising to investi-
| gate for themselves.