. Cultivation of tobacco in Hawaii. Tobacco Hawaii. 12 inch board laid in the passageway between the stalls and in the middle of each stall upon which the person hanging the tobacco walks. The height of the building is divided into three floors, with two floors in the gable. The floors can be connected by stairs or an elevator. Each unit should contain about 2,000 cubic yards of space. This size unit will accommodate the crop of from 5 to 6 acres of tobacco without artificial heat, which capacity is doubled if artificial. Fig. 3.—End elevation of tobacco barn. heat is used; and, as about one-f
. Cultivation of tobacco in Hawaii. Tobacco Hawaii. 12 inch board laid in the passageway between the stalls and in the middle of each stall upon which the person hanging the tobacco walks. The height of the building is divided into three floors, with two floors in the gable. The floors can be connected by stairs or an elevator. Each unit should contain about 2,000 cubic yards of space. This size unit will accommodate the crop of from 5 to 6 acres of tobacco without artificial heat, which capacity is doubled if artificial. Fig. 3.—End elevation of tobacco barn. heat is used; and, as about one-fourth of the crop is harvested at a picking, 5 units will care for 100 acres of crop with artificial heat, but 10 units will be necessary if no such heat is provided. The heating plant should be hot water or steam, preferably the latter. Flue heating is not safe. There is danger of fire, and the heat is not controllable as in the case of either water or steam. The pipes should be placed on the first floor Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smith, Jared G. (Jared Gage), 1866-1957; Blacow, Charles R. Washington, D. C. : Government Printing Office
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