Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-05-18
COMMUNITY ORIER SAVES
HOUSEWIFE MUCH WORK
Successful DRY ing Plants Prove Value
in Various PaIt> Uf the
Country.

Fruit and vegetables -"ait Tor no
man when they reach their prime and
this time is usually just when the
farmers wife is busiest and the days
are hottest. Nowadays, help is al
most impossible to obtain in the coun-
try. yet the family's supply of fruit
and vegetables for winter must be
saved when they are in season. In
many neighborhoods the community
drier for preserving surplus fruits
and vegetables has proved a godsend
to the women living near it.
The time to build a drying plant
is in the spring before the rush of
summers work sets in. II number
of farmers club together 60 erect such
"a drier the expense to each family is
small Where only few families
wish to use a cooperative plant a
small but satisfactory drier may be
built by the following directions which
are recommended by the United States
department of Agriculture:
The thermos or tireless cooker
principle is used in this drier; that is
a space of or 4 inches is allowed
between the walls of the house, to
be filled with sawdust. This holds
the heat and relieves the necessity
of a constant watch over the fire. The
furnace should be placed at the OPP
pipe run from the furnace end to the
door end and back with sufficient ele-
walton to cause good draft. A drier
of this size and type should, with
good management, dry from 4 to 6
bushels q day, and should pay for
itself in one season. Wet weather
has no effect on this type of drier.
The Building Plan of House.
The house is by II feet The
uprights in front are feet 8 inches.
The uprights in back are 6 feet 2
inches to give roof 6 inches fall for
watershed. Doors are fastened to 2
by inch uprights in front. Doors
are feet inches by feet inches.
The furnace is Is by Is inches by
feet, covered with two sheets GA
gauge) black sheet iron inches apart
air space to prevent fire. The re- dia-
ton is secured by ordinary stovepipe
attached to furnace.
The house is heated after the plan
!, of a tobacco barn-a small furnace
! of rock or brick is built at one end
: and a stovepipe carries the radiation
to the opposite end of the house and
back, with an elevation of 2 feet
above the furnace. This stovepipe
may extend outside of the house a
sufficient space to escape the caves
; and an elbow and three or four joints
7 may act as chimney, or if chin
ney is preferred, it may be built at a
) cost of 81 or IS additional. 4
1 Plan of Trays.
There are three lattice partitions
r in the house, making four sections
Y 80 inches wide for drying trays; IL
inches above the sill place across a
. piece by 4 inches on which the
t center uprights 2 by 4 inches and the
back upright by inches rest. (Put
S upright pieces the pinch way.) the
4 tray bearers. l by 8 inch strips. are
fastened to the uprights. The space
between the tray bearers is filled with
Pinch strips to act as guides for the
r trays and to force the draft to circu-
!. late between the trays. If these
: spaces are left open it will act as a
t fiue and carry off the heat. The sides
d of the trays are of ga by inch lum-
d Der. making the tray inches deep
e The bottom of the tray is made OF
e lattice strips 3-8 by ia inches, with
d 1 inch space between the strips run
: ming lengthwise. The trays have a
center partition to support the bot.
j tom laths and cheesecloth is used tc
= cover the laths. There are inches
from the top of one tray to the top OF
d the next. The trays move on the
= bearers like a bureau drawer
A small opening must be left at tor
/. of house just above doors-an outlet
n for steam. A 3-inch opening at from;
s foundation must be planned to let in
e cool air to keep the fruit from sweat.
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