Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-06-28
DRIED POTATOES.
Tons of Them to he Manufactured in tn
state of Washington.

Tons of Them to he Manufactured In the
State of Washington.
O. w. Stoner, LEGAL manager of the
Washington EvaporatiDg and Preserving
Co., in North Yakima, Wash, has
ordered potato peeling machine from
Germany, says the Spokan Spokesman
Review. The capacity OF the machine,
which will be operated by steam, is
placed at three tons per day.
The process of preparing fruits and
vegetables for market is n secret
formula. Extensive works are in opera
tion in North Yakima and OH Puget
Sound. The plant in North Yakima is
capable of consuming six tons Of raw
potatoes daily, and turns out one ton
Of the evaporated product in 10 hours.
The manager estimates that he will
consume at least 100 tons of the Yakima
burbanks this season. Several women
and girls are employed in the work at
wages ranging from 10 cents to more
than double that amount per day. They
are paid by the quantity peeled, sliced,
or spread on trays, thus making the
wages depend upon the individual
exertions of the wage earners.
The potatoes are peeled raw, and after
slicing very thin are placed in trays
the water, estimated at about 80 per
cent OF the tuber, and leaves the solids
or nutrimept In the slices. They then
go through the drying process, which
| Is on the principle of dry steam heat,
tho pipes passing through the evapoia-
| tor near each row of trays. The
evaporating apparatus in the North
| Yakima plant contains over one mile of
pipes, carrying the heat to the trays
| A wire screen is kept over each tray
during the drying to prevent dirt from
settling upon the sliced potatoes
| Yakima potatoes vary somewhat IN
.shrinkage, depending much on the
amount of irrigation. Some will dry
away at the rate of nine tons Of raw
potatoes to one ton of tho finished pro-
duct. When ready for the market they
resemble clear, hard slices of gelatine,
and are very solid. The evaporated
product is shipped in cotton bags hold
| ing 80 to 100 pounds. Before being
placed on the market they are packed
in tin boxes, weighing FIVE, 10 and %
| pounds each. The retail price for such
boxes usually ranges about 20 cents a
pound. This gives the purchaser the
nutriments of six to nine times the
amount of raw potatoes, with no waste
for reeling.
The company handling the evapo.
rating works claims that the dried
vegetables are better for soups, are
more easily and quickly cooked, have
no waste, aud are healthful. Potatoes
are only one of the many vegetables
handled. Onions, bets, cabbage, and
other vegetables are granulated or dried
in small chunks. A large volume Of
the Yakima fruits passes through silni.
lar processes, and finds ready market
In all sections of the wcrld.
| Sometimes, said Mr.. BlykiEs, I'm
surprised at my own courage. Why,
you never went to war, answered his
wife. There are other risks than those
of the battlefield. Every time | pick
up a newspaper / find an article or
"the dangers of our political system, y
dangers to public morals, - danger
of eating, - dangers that lurk in the
atmosphere" and SO on without eGd
1 tell you, it takes mighty nervy mar
to go on eating and breathing. Chi
cago Times. Herald.