. The American farm book : or, Compend of American agriculture ; being a practical treatise on soils, manures, draining irrigation, grasses, grain, roots, fruits, cotton, tobacco, sugar cane, rice, and every staple product of the United States, with the best methods of planting, cultivating, and preparation for market ;illustrated by more than 100 engravings. Agriculture. FARM BUILC;NGS. 315 and passes through the whole length and ovp ' one end, then returns in contact with the boiler, through side flues or pockets, Avhere it enters the chimney. This j'iA'es an ex- posure to the flame and heat
. The American farm book : or, Compend of American agriculture ; being a practical treatise on soils, manures, draining irrigation, grasses, grain, roots, fruits, cotton, tobacco, sugar cane, rice, and every staple product of the United States, with the best methods of planting, cultivating, and preparation for market ;illustrated by more than 100 engravings. Agriculture. FARM BUILC;NGS. 315 and passes through the whole length and ovp ' one end, then returns in contact with the boiler, through side flues or pockets, Avhere it enters the chimney. This j'iA'es an ex- posure to the flame and heated air of about 10 feet. The upper part is coated with brick and mortar to retain the heat, and three small test cocks are applied at the bottom, middle and upper edge of the exposed end, to show the quantity ol water in it; and two large stop cocks on the upper side for receiving the water and delivering the steam, completes the boiler. The steaming-box is oblong, sev'en or eight feet iu leno-th, by about four feet in depth and width, capable of holdino- 60 or 70 bushels, made of plank grooved together, and clamped and keyed with four sets of oak joist. A large circular tub, strongly bound by wagon tire and keyed, and holdins?- about 25 bushels is also used. The tops of both are securely fastened, but a two inch auger hole, protected by a leather valve, permits the escape of any excess of steam. The steam is conveyed from the boiler into these, by a copper tube attached to the steam delivery-cock, and it is continued into the bottom of the box and tub by a lead pipe, on ac count of its flexibility, and to avoid injury to the food from the corrosion of the copper. It is necessary to have the end of the pipe in the steaming-box, properly guarded by a metal strainer, to prevent its clogging from the contents of the Fig. 105. 1 find no difficulty in cooking 15 bushels of unground. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digital
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