Home canning and drying of vegetables and fruits .. . e made of wooden frames of1-inch strips, to which is tacked galvanizedwire screen. Each tray should be 3 inchesshorter than the Drier and enough narrowerto allow it to slide easily on the supports inbeing put in or taken out. In placing the trays in the Drier push thelower one back as far as it will go, leavinga 3-inch space in front. Place the next trayeven with the front, leaving the space atthe back. Alternate all the trays in thisway, to facilitate the circulation of theheated air. It is well to have a ventilatingopening, 6 by 2 inches,
Home canning and drying of vegetables and fruits .. . e made of wooden frames of1-inch strips, to which is tacked galvanizedwire screen. Each tray should be 3 inchesshorter than the Drier and enough narrowerto allow it to slide easily on the supports inbeing put in or taken out. In placing the trays in the Drier push thelower one back as far as it will go, leavinga 3-inch space in front. Place the next trayeven with the front, leaving the space atthe back. Alternate all the trays in thisway, to facilitate the circulation of theheated air. It is well to have a ventilatingopening, 6 by 2 inches, in the top of theDrier to discharge moisture. The traysshould be shifted during the drying process,to procure uniformity of drying. One of the simplest forms of home-madeDrier is a tray with bottom of galvanizedwire screen, suspended over stove or range,as shown in Fig. 14. Commercial Driers Cookstove Driers are in the market luseveral types. One of these, shown in , has a series of trays in a framework,forming a compartment. This is placed on. Fig. 9. Homemade drier to be set on top of stove orrange. It is made of galvanized iron. Described onpage 20. top of the stove. A similar drier is shownin Fig. 11. Another, shown in Fig. 7,is a shallow metal box to he filled withwater, and so constructed that one end mayrest on the back of the stove and the other ona leg reaching to the floor, or it may besuspended over a lamp. DRY ALL FOOD THAT CAN BE DRIED 21 Commercial Driers, having their own fur-naces may be bought at* prices ranging from$24 to $120. This type is pictured in Some of these, in the smaller sizes, maybe bought without furnaces, and used on thetop_of the kitchen stove, ^as Fig. 8. The costis from $16 upwards. AIR BLAST-ELECTRIC FAN ; he use of an electric fan is an effectivemeans of Drying. Fig. 13 shows how thishousehold article is used. Sliced vegetablesor fruits are placed on trays 1 foot wideand 3 feet long. These trays are stackedand the fan placed cl
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