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After down two rows, then back two rows, the cut tobacco leaves are gathered into piles of five for staking.

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Workers straddle the rafters, inside the Firing Barn, and life stakes of tobacco leaves upward to hang.

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Stakes of tobacco leaves are brought into the Firing Barn and then lifted upwards into...

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Stakes of tobacco leaves are brought into the Firing Barn and then lifted upwards into...

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Harvested tobacco, now staked and hung on the cart, awaits transport to the Firing Barn.

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Harvested tobacco, now staked and hung on the cart, awaits transport to the Firing Barn.

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Harvested tobacco, now staked and hung on the cart, awaits transport to the Firing Barn.

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Here, Terry Head is staking the newly cut tobacco leaves. Each worker carries a...

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Here, Terry Head is staking the newly cut tobacco leaves. Each worker carries a...

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After the tobacco leaves are cut, workers then traverse the rows, once again, gathering the cut leaves into piles of five for staking.

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After the tobacco leaves are cut, workers then traverse the rows, once again, gathering the cut leaves into piles of five for staking.

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After the tobacco leaves are cut, workers then traverse the rows, once again, gathering the cut leaves into piles of five for staking.

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Once the tobacco leaves are fired and dried, the Stripping Process begins. Leaves...

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Once the tobacco leaves are fired and dried, the Stripping Process begins. Leaves are stripped from their stalks, graded for quality, then bundled.

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Once the tobacco leaves have been hung in the Firing Barn, wood planks, cured...

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As the staked tobacco is brought into the bard, and hoisted by hand into the rafters, a...

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Workers straddle the rafters inside the Firing Barn, where they will hang the staked tobacco leaves.

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Workers unload the staked tobacco leaves, from the cart, and hoist them, by hand, to...

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