. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. Fig. 257, A fruit drier set on an ordinarj' usually placed in the upper drawer. When that on the lower screen is sufficiently dried, it is removed and each screen is lowered one space, making room for a new screen in the top space. Usually there are two series of drawers carrying twenty to twenty-five screens, which are one to four feet square, according to the size of the evaporator. There are many sizes and styles of these cabinet evaporators. Some are small enough to stand on the kitchen stove (Figs. 256,257), cost three to
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. Fig. 257, A fruit drier set on an ordinarj' usually placed in the upper drawer. When that on the lower screen is sufficiently dried, it is removed and each screen is lowered one space, making room for a new screen in the top space. Usually there are two series of drawers carrying twenty to twenty-five screens, which are one to four feet square, according to the size of the evaporator. There are many sizes and styles of these cabinet evaporators. Some are small enough to stand on the kitchen stove (Figs. 256,257), cost three to five dollars, and have a capacity of one to four pecks per day. Fig. 258 shows one of a larger size, made of galvanized iron and provided with its own fur- nace. This has twenty 12 x 24-inch screens, and has a capacity of four to five bushels per Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954, ed. New York, The Macmillan company
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