Like many plants, green tobacco is 90 percent water. After being harvested, and prior to going to the barn, the tobacco has faded just a little and the water content depends upon 80%. It really is too much water for fermentation as well as the curing is important to lower this rate to about 25%. To obtain 100 single pound. of "dry" tobacco, the curing has get rid of about 40 gallons of water. A full barn of tobacco will need millions of cu. paws. of air to drain off this precious water! Whatever the curing process is, the barn has to be ventilated!

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