. The war garden victorious. Vegetable gardening; World War, 1914-1918. DRY ALL FOOD THAT CAN BE DRIED 19 paper or lengths of muslin spread in the sun and protected from insects and dust. Apparatus for home Drj'ing on a larger scale may be made at home or bought at small cost. Still larger equipment may be bought for community drying operations in which a group of families combine for co- operative work, at a school or other con-. FlG. 2. Potatoes prepared by use of meat chopper. venient center. This latter is especially rec- ommended as giving the use of the most im- proved outfits at slight
. The war garden victorious. Vegetable gardening; World War, 1914-1918. DRY ALL FOOD THAT CAN BE DRIED 19 paper or lengths of muslin spread in the sun and protected from insects and dust. Apparatus for home Drj'ing on a larger scale may be made at home or bought at small cost. Still larger equipment may be bought for community drying operations in which a group of families combine for co- operative work, at a school or other con-. FlG. 2. Potatoes prepared by use of meat chopper. venient center. This latter is especially rec- ommended as giving the use of the most im- proved outfits at slight cost to the individual family. See "Community Work," page 3. Best results are obtained by rapid drying, but care must be taken not to let the tem- perature rise above the limit specified in the directions and table. One of the chief essentials in Drying is free circulation of air, in order that the moist air may escape and dry air take its place. METHODS OF DRYING For home Drying satisfactory results are obtained by any one of three principal methods. These are; 1. Sun Drying. 2. Drying by Artificial Heat. 3. Drying by Air-blast. (With an electric or other motor fan.) These methods may be combined to good 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 Pack, Charles Lathrop, 1857-1937. Philadelphia, Press of J. P. Lippincott Co
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