Home canning and drying of vegetables and fruits .. . Fig. 7. Commercial drier costing $6 to $12, placedon top of cookstove and supported at one end by aleg reaching the floor. This drier may be suspendedover a lamp. DRYING ON TOP OF OR OVER STOVEOR RANGE An effective Drier for use over a stove orrange may be made easily at home. Sucha Drier is shown in Fig. 10. For the frameuse strips of wood ^-inch thick and 2 incheswide. The trays or shelves arc made of 20 HOME DRYING MANUAL. Fig. 8. Commercialfor use on top of stove. galvanized wire screen of small mesh tackedto tlie supports; or separate
Home canning and drying of vegetables and fruits .. . Fig. 7. Commercial drier costing $6 to $12, placedon top of cookstove and supported at one end by aleg reaching the floor. This drier may be suspendedover a lamp. DRYING ON TOP OF OR OVER STOVEOR RANGE An effective Drier for use over a stove orrange may be made easily at home. Sucha Drier is shown in Fig. 10. For the frameuse strips of wood ^-inch thick and 2 incheswide. The trays or shelves arc made of 20 HOME DRYING MANUAL. Fig. 8. Commercialfor use on top of stove. galvanized wire screen of small mesh tackedto tlie supports; or separate trays sliding onstrips attached to the framework are de-sirable. This Drier may be suspended fromthe ceiling over the kitchen stove or rangeor over an oil, gasoline, or gas stove, and itmay be used whilecooking is beingdone. If an oil stoveis used there mustbe a tightly fittingtin or galvanizediron bottom to theDrier, to preventthe fumes of the oilfrom reaching andpassing through thematerial which is tobe dried. A bottomof this kind may beeasily attached toan}- Drier, eitherhome made or com-mercial. A frame-work crane as shown in Fig. 10 makes it pos-sible for this Drier to be swung to one sidewhen >not in use. In Fig. 9 is shown another form of Home-made Cookstove Drier, more pretentiousthan that shown in Fig. 10, but still easilyand cheaply made. A good size for this is:base, 16 by 24 inches; height, 36 inches. Thelower part or supporting framework, 6 incheshigh, is
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