o— Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 10, 1966
JAY ROHRER shown putting tobacco away on the unheated side of his to
bacco, shed. In the supplementary-heat-experiment, one-third of the shed is un
heated and is separated from the heated part by a film of piastre. L. F. Photo
• Tobacco Study
(Continued from Page 1)
Engle also reported that panded its tobacco shed-heat- don and fuel costs. They are
analysis of last year’s expen- study to two farms. One shed working locally through the
ment showed a 20 percent is on the Jay Rohrer farm at C. W. Witmer Co. at Souders
greater loss due to shed burn Manheim R 2, about one mile berg. On the Rohrer farm,
for ijbacco cured in the un- from the research station. The Jay Rohrer furnishes the shed
heated portion of the shed other is a rented structure on and the tobacco. Personnel
The shed was divided by a the Frank Eshelman farm, from the research station sup
floor-to-ceiling plastic barrier, which adjoins the PSU re- ply the supervision and some
and it was found 'that little search farm. help, and wall analyze the
heat transferred from the The Gastobac Co. of Char- data.
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warmer side to the unheated lotte, North Carolina, furnish
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PLASTIC BARRIER rolls up in working section
Tobacco has been going into G f s hed to permit wagons to be brought in. Once the
Rohrer’s shed .since last Fri- s h e( j j s f u ii t plastic will be secured to separate heated
'if exp ff t l. " , will . and unheated sides of the shed. Jay Rohrer shows how
filled by next Tuesday But pj^j c be dropped'down when-ready. - :
Yocum isn’t waiting until the * - r v -pivA+rw
shed is filled up before start- * ttnpx
mg the heat. He turns it on later.
fox- awhile each evening, and" the relative humidity-- . «ne
feels this will help reduce Although 'the burners must reaches 75 percent,* the!
moisture in the tobacco as it be turned on 'and off manual- b umers g 0 0 n high heat; when 1
is hung, and will make it ly, they do have two-heat lev- humidity drops below 75 peo>
easier to control humidity els which operate automatical- (Continued on Page 7)
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