Archive image from page 36 of The culture of flue-cured tobacco. The culture of flue-cured tobacco cultureoffluecur00math Year: 1913 ( THE CULTURE OF FLUE-CURED TOBACCO. 35 fully. The stems generally will become soft enough during the sec- ond night so that the tobacco can be removed and bulked or rehung in the storage or packing house without breaking. In softening tobacco for stri}iping and assorting, an ordering cellar is a great convenience. The cellar generally is dug under the pack- ing-house floor to a depth of fi or 7 feet, and should be large enough to hold at least a curing of tobac
Archive image from page 36 of The culture of flue-cured tobacco. The culture of flue-cured tobacco cultureoffluecur00math Year: 1913 ( THE CULTURE OF FLUE-CURED TOBACCO. 35 fully. The stems generally will become soft enough during the sec- ond night so that the tobacco can be removed and bulked or rehung in the storage or packing house without breaking. In softening tobacco for stri}iping and assorting, an ordering cellar is a great convenience. The cellar generally is dug under the pack- ing-house floor to a depth of fi or 7 feet, and should be large enough to hold at least a curing of tobacco. The cellar is fitted with light framework on which to hang the sticks of tobacco. Care must be taken to locate the cellar where there is sufficient clay in the sub- soil so the walls will stand firm, and it must be situated so that 1-J -.\ good type of tobacco storage and strippiDg house, witb an ordering cellar under the buUding. water will not rise or flow into it. It should be banked ai'ound the outside to keep out surface water, and it would be safest to jDut a drainpipe in the bottom to carry off seepage water. At least one small glass window also should be provided. The strijiping room is usually built as a shed on one side of the packing house, into which the ordering cellar opens by a door and steps. The best light, free from glare for stripping, will be ob- tained if the windows are mostly on the north side of the stripping room. A well-appointed storage house, ordering cellar, and stripping room is shown in figure 12. The cellar is under the main building, and the strijDping room is in the shed to the right.
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