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Fig. 30: Mechanical Harvesting of Tobacco-Scene shows unloading
 strung Tobacco taking on sticks


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Fig. 31: Stringing Tobacco and unloading from sled


required the sled to convey the tobacco from the field to a
central location for stringing. (See figure 31) The stringer
loops the string on the tobacco as it is passed in hands or
bunches by the handers. A hand of tobacco is three or four