The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-02

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mount Of heat Will ripen % veil, and make
, great IN amount Of sugar - the Alden pro-
-. Hence this system Of drying has, in
o way. any advantage ever sDy other, op-
rated BY heat, without being exposed to
he external air. Any device therefore, that
TiD dry fruit free from the external aimos- |
here, suited in capaciey to each farmers
'ants, will NEE. the public necessity fer
'etter than one so expensive as that Of the |
Alden psocsss.
We vill nov attempt to give, % we'll rs we
m without . drawing. n description Of
ne out OF the many plans for building =
arm dry houee. that were presented at the
meeting.
The size selected by us is six ieet long, six
let vide, aod seven feet high, made OF sea-
,oned pine lumber. The corner posts should
be A inches thick. The center poys ut
The sides should be the same aiz. a. ,ho-e of
the corner. There should be two poe a,
each End SKA inches, two feet dis ant from
The corner pots, and two on the inside.
ranging with the er' posts. Thus We viii
have four rows Of pO- = from side t, side,
and three ross from eui 20 end. Having
the posts ready, tide tn. u up vi h pine
boarde, one inch thick and six niche, vide,
leaving IN open Or ace between the b. ards Of
three inches for the sdmis.ion Of drawer.
from the outside. TIE drawers to fill the
three inch spaces between the side boards
will therefore be four feet long and tvo feet
vide, This arrangement of the drawers
will leave an open space in the center Of
the house Of tvo feet vide the whole Length
OF the house. through which the heat viii
have free sccsss f,Om bottom to top, and
under the drawers from aide TO side The
drawers should be 20 cors ructed ~ to fully
cover the three inch ,psn,ng left for them,
when pushd in iIOm the OIL eide, sni also
drawn from the inside ont, for the purpose
handling the fruit. By this arrangement Of
the drawer, the not ar will be resa ined in
the house, whether the drawers are in or
drawn out. The drawers should not 20
higher up the rides Of the house than six
feet, leaving one foot al the top to be cut of
for . loft to complete the drying. Two
small openinss should be left ON each tide
above the tOpmoet drawers, Of about PA
inches for the escape Of the steam from the
fruit, AMI should be covered with fine wire
cloth to prevent ineects from getting ON tie
fruit. Having the body Of the house thus
completed, cover all With good tight chin
gle roof The epsce Of two feet between the
Two centres and posts, at one end, should be
occupied with a door from the bottom to the
loft, for going in and out, and smaller one
at the top Of this enc to the top Of the gable
end, to Introduce the fruit to complete the
drying, and to admit Of $ b<ing taken OH
when ready.
In the top Of the low,r and larger door
should be fixed light of clear window glass
through which TO see the degree Of heat in.
dicsted by thermometer fixed on the in.
side. BY thi, wise, an almost uniform degree
Of temperature can be KEPT up, lessenins
the danger Of burning the building, and al
the same time afcertaining the amount oil
heat TO give the fruit to secure the beet rs
suit.
NOW FIR THE HEAT.
The nfc-Nary amount Of heat NAV b
produced fiom a small stove placed in
eide, In suh q position ~ Il
be operated from tie door, having
on it . six inch pipe, passing mp to within 4
foot Of the loft, and thus passing out at thu
back end OF the building.
A house Of the size and construction her,
given will, If OF Grated through the day only
dry from one and half to two bushels o.
p, aches, and il Iun d,v and night, from
three to four bushels Oher fruits will b
in PR portion to peaches, according to thei
solidiiy or softnts,.
WHAT FRUITS AND VEGETABLES MAY I'll
THUS DRIED.
All of tie small fruits, such a. currant,
gOOeberries, w5errie,, raspl erie, black
beriiss and cherries. The smaller berrie
should have The drawers with wire bottoms
With mesh, larger or smaller, to suit tn
size of the berry. he larger fruiis, such a
apri6ots, plums, nec,arines, peachss, pear
and apples. can be dried very sslisfacIoril.
in drawers with narrow la'h bottoms, Will
half inch spsce between the lath. BY thi
means also, may be saved and tn ned Il
good account ali the peelings and cores n
fruit, Ggether with all the pomice from III
cider pr.ss. Thee last, when we'll drie,
and .cked in barrels or bins. ard KEEP
dry, make chs ice jelly, sni also ioS
scarcely inferior TO any o.her fJr sheep II
winter.
VEGETABLES.
Corr, which ia an hard to cave by cannir 9
may be thus preserved to any desire,
amount Squasnes. press reed in this way
make delightful article If winter food
S~e.t pota'oes, a vegetable u.uslly so her,
10 keep through winter. ma,
be verv sffec,ually pre,erved il
thi. wav-~hen made quite dry. tn,
may be KIP, almost any length Of time
Thus may one Of the mes, fa-tidious but de
lightful xttables be in use the year round
II the heat applied in drying the sweet pc
tato is not At any time 40 high ~ to burs
lis vessels. it viii no, only keep through tn
winter, but will, when the conditions ar
favorable, vege,ate again in the spring.
This vegetable, thus dried, Can at an,
time during the winter, or at any o,he
time, be rossted fine and ground into coarr,
posder, when il becomes a verv valuab.,
substitute for coffee 1t il better than chick
osy or any Of the articles Iow known Is ex
tract Of coffee.
This Is one Of those cheap and convenien
structures on a farm, of almost fabulous
value to the farmer who loves good ant
cheap living.