New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-07-31

made by any handy boy or carpenter
from a small amount Of smal-mesh
galvanized wire netting and number of
laths or strips of wood about LIZ inch
thick and 2 inches wide. The screen
may be tackled directly on the frame
work to make the drying shelves, or
the framework can be made to support
separate trays. BY using two laths
nailed together the framework can be
stiffened and larger trays made if desir-
able. This form or any of the lighter
makes of driers can be suspended from
the ceiling over the kitchen range or
over the oil, gasoline, or gas stove, and
it will utilize the hot air which rises
during the cooking hour: It can be
raised out of the way Or swung to- one
side by a crane made of lath when the
stove is required for cooking purposes,
and lowered or swung back to utilize
the heat which otherwise would be wasted
when the top Of the stove is not in use.
Another homemade cookstove drier
can be used on wood or coal range or
a kerosene stove can be made easily
and cheaply. Dimensions: Base "a
by 16 inches; height SO inches. A base
6 inches high is made OF galvanized
sheet iron. This base slightly flares
toward the bottom and has two small
openings for ventilation in each OF the
four sides. On the base rests boxlike
frame made of 1 or IL inch strips Of
wood. The two sides are braced with
l IA inch strips which serve as cleats
on which the trays in the drier rest.
These are placed at intervals of 3 inches.
The frame is covered with tin or galvan-
lied sheet iron which is tackled to the
wooden strips of the frame: Thin strips
of wood may be used instead Of tin or
sheet iron The door is fitted on small
hinges and fastened with thumb
latch. 1t opens wide so that the trays
can be removed easily. The bottom
of the drier is made of a piece of per-
forated galvanized sheet iron. Two
inches above the bottom is placed a
solid sheet of galvanized iron which is
3 inches less in length and width than
the bottom. This sheet rests on two
wires fastened to the sides of the drier.
This prevents the direct heat from COM
ing in contact with the product and serves
as a radiator to spread the heat more
evenly.
The first tray is placed inches above
the radiator. The trays rest on the
cleats inches apart. A drier of the
given dimensions will hold trays.
The frame of the tray is made of 1-inch
strips on which is tackled galvanized
screen wire, which forms the bottom of
the tray. The tray is FL by Is inches,
making it inches less in depth than
the drier. The lowest tray when placed
in the drier is pushed to the back, leav-
ing the 3-inch space in front. The next
tray is placed even with the front, leav-
ing a 3-inch space in the back. The
other trays alternate in the same way.
This permits the current of heated air
to pass around and over the trays.
A ventilator opening, about 2 inches
wide and inches long, is left in the top
of the drier, through which the moist
air may pass away.
This principle of construction is fol-
lowed so that currents of heated air
will pass over the product as we'll as up
through it, gathering the moisture and
passing away. The movement Of the
current of air induces a more rapid
and uniform drying. The upper trays
can be shifted to the lower part of the
drier and the lower trays to the upper
part as drying proceeds, so as to dry
the products uniformly throughout.
Still another home drier is the cook
stove oven. Bits of food, leftovers,
especially sweet corn, can be dried on
plates in very slow oven or on the back
OF the cookstove and saved for winter
use. Ii the oven is very warm the
door should be left ajar and the tenn
perature Of the oven often noted. Trays
for use in the oven can be made from
convenient sized galvanized wire screen
by bending up the edges OF inches.
Cookstove driers on the market are
of two types. One type consists Of a
series of trays upon which the material
to be dried is spread. These trays are
placed in a framework one above the
other, forming compartment through
which the heated air rises, carrying off
the moisture. The second type consists
of shallow fiat metal box filled with
water and designed so that one end can
rest Of the back of the stove and the
other on leg reaching to the floor. It
also may be supported over lamp
The use of an electric fan in drying
is feasible for those who already own a
fan. It has been found that many