tobacco barn
Leaf drying structure
A tobacco barn is a farm building designed for curing harvested tobacco leaves.
The structures vary by curing method—air-cured barns have hinged vents to control airflow, while flue-cured barns contain heating systems.
Traditional tobacco barns, with their weathered wood and distinctive ventilation slats, remain iconic features of the rural American South: The old tobacco barn had stood empty since grandfather quit farming.
Dried using wood smoke
- burleyLight air-cured tobacco
- fermentationMicrobial sugar conversion
- agingGrowing older over time
- yellowingBecoming pale gold-brown
sweating · stoving · fixation · stripping · lamina · oriental · nicotine · aroma
Oven for hardening clay
- flueChimney's inner passage
- ventilationCirculation of fresh air
- heatTransferred thermal energy
- humidityMoisture in atmosphere
dehydration · temperature · wilting · leaves · desiccation · furnace · racks · airflow
Gathering mature crops
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- cropCultivated agricultural plants
- cultivationFostering growth through care
- farmlandAgricultural terrain
transplanting · priming · topping · suckering · cropping · field · yield · acreage
Before a war's start
- colonialOf occupied territories
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- restorationReturning something to condition
slavery · tradition · Americana · agrarian · sharecropping · historical · vernacular · southern
fire-cured
Dried using wood smoke
- burleyLight air-cured tobacco
- fermentationMicrobial sugar conversion
- agingGrowing older over time
yellowing · sweating · stoving · fixation · stripping · lamina · oriental · nicotine · aroma · browning
kiln
Oven for hardening clay
- flueChimney's inner passage
- ventilationCirculation of fresh air
- heatTransferred thermal energy
humidity · dehydration · temperature · wilting · leaves · desiccation · furnace · racks · airflow · thermometer
harvest
Gathering mature crops
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- cropCultivated agricultural plants
- cultivationFostering growth through care
farmland · transplanting · priming · topping · suckering · cropping · field · yield · acreage · piedmont
antebellum
Before a war's start
- colonialOf occupied territories
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
restoration · slavery · tradition · Americana · agrarian · sharecropping · historical · vernacular · southern
log
Sectioned tree trunk
rafters · louvers · vents · hinged · slatted · cupola · chinking · foundation · roofline · eaves
- storagedrive, silos, bins, tanks, storehouse
- farm buildingschicken coop, farmhouse, henhouse, hen house, dairy
- farm structuressilo, chicken coop, farmhouse, granary, henhouse
- rural SouthBaptist church, dirt roads, gravel roads, backroads, country roads
- Antebellum Southplantation, cotton kingdom, overseer, slave quarters, big house
- AppalachiaAppalachian culture, Blue Ridge, Appalachian Trail, Cumberland, Great Smoky Mountains
tobacco barnskyscraper
Very tall urban building
high-rise · metropolis · urban loft · apartment building · office tower
tobacco barncattle barn
Building for bovine livestock
livestock barn · dairy barn · horse stable · chicken coop · feedlot