The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-02
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FRUIT DRYING N KANSAS.
By DE-. ". N. HOwSLkY.

Az the resent prospect il, that the ap-
preaching fruit crop will be at least fais
one, if not an abun liant, it B. C mes gu. s.
ton Of impcrtaIc. to know how bert to
economic, either BY DRYING or CANNING
thst portion which cannot. or will nos, he
put into market. Aiany plans FIR drying
we're presented at the late s,ion Of the State
Horticultural Society at Gra~hopper Fall,.
Several Of there could no doubt be turned to
practical account. But the absorbing ques-
tion is, which will best meet the want Of the
community. those built upon each farm
suited in its capacity to the wants Of the
individual building it, or ore built At some
botioess point 10 the county. and run BY .
corporate company, IS that Of the Alden
procs. We prefer the farm dry hcu-e, for
the follow ing reasons. FRS, because i, can be
made BY any person having but an ordinary
amount OF mechanical skill. Second, il can be
suited in its dimentiOns to the wants Of
the builder, larger or smaller, n, the ei1e of
hls orchard may demand. THIRD, it can be
placed just where it is mos: convenient
to the fruit to be dried and
for the family to attend to il
FCurtbly: il can be conai ucted of the
chenpe-t mater Al, snd 10 thus placed within
reach OF every trehartis,. however poor in
other things. Filthy: it Can be oper.td
at any time, and for any length Of time.
either for . few hours, . few days. tor sew
eral day 6r fer weeks. Just to euis the wants
Of the people. Sixthly: il is always ready
whenever the fruit or vege' able is in has
condi.icn for drying, which wo1Id not b.
the case if the article had to be taken from
home to be dried. Seventhly: you can dry
any quantity, small or large, 70 ~ not to
exceed tine capacity of the house. Eighihly:
it is adapted to any Kind of fruit or vegeta-
bic that can be preserved in this way.
We are oppt sed to tic Alden and other
SINH ar processes. First: beta.be they have
to Re operated BY eteam engine, snd CUE
an engineer, which Involves
large amount of cost, of skin, and Of dan
ger. Secondly: they Cannot be suited n
The diveni6ed wants Of individual
farmers, smaller or larger. Thirdly ::
they must be located a: ZONE fixed point,
near to some and distant from others; hence
it's benefits must be greater to soms and less
to o.herr. Four,hl,: their di.taoce Of Ioc..
,in from many is attended wi h man, dir.
az the amount Of time consnmed
in reaching Them. the expeu.e srendin1 The
uauspcrta ion from the poilt Of departure
TO The location Of the n achine-.s also The
Injury which the frui, would receive While
being tran. ,r.ed, BY bruising and decay.
nd fur her, from b.irg kept On hand uut,i
its turn vou d come to oe piscrd on the dry
e.. Filthy. They would be placed 10 the
bands of company and thus become .
monopoly, the very thing that farmers are
DOW trying to avid.
The comparative quality Of the articles -
dried BY other proce-:
l. Is claimed that tn: fruit dried by the
Alien and other timi'ar processes, that
there is greater amount Of sachar;ne mat
ter d. veloped by this bot or dry air process
han bv any Other. This claim is . mere
.-uup.iO', Without any f.ct' Of . l'gi,i-
mate character to suss.in it. They claim |
,l.o TIA. tbs 'y.tem Of drying aetom-
piIshes the process If rinsiDg, thereby ssor-