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15366
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Forrest Smith of Kinston developed a device to expedite and reduce the risks of tobacco curing. Traditionally tobacco curing involved the tedious task of watching over fires built in tobacco barns. Smith's invention involved a tank with oil burners and thermostat to regulate temperature that cured tobacco faster and more evenly. He planned to install trial systems in fifteen counties before expanding his company the following year.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 3 Issue 1, June 1935, p2, il
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15371
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A group of teenage boys from Washington began a natural history museum known officially as the Washington Field Museum, but locally as the \"Bug-House Laboratory\" in one of the town's municipal buildings. The \"Bug-house Boys\" develop, maintain, and run the displays exclusively and gather most of the specimens which they also prepare. In 1935, 4,500 specimens had already been collected.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 3 Issue 4, June 1935, p1, 26, il
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