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provide two air inlets on each side of every kiln, eadi 3 x 1 J- feet, placed 

 6 feet apart, and at a distance of 6 inches above the floor of the kiln. 

 Wlien kilns stand in series, the wall between adjacent kilns has these 

 openings just as do the outside walls, and npon the side on which the 

 paring room adjoins the kilns, openings in the outer wall lead beneath 

 the paring room floor to the openings in the kiln. Such an arrange- 

 ment secures perfect control of the air movement irrespective of direction 

 of wind. Sliding iron doors running in grooves permit opening or 

 closing of the air inlets to any desired degree. 



Each of the furnace rooms should have a sheet iron door opening to 

 the outside, in order to permit the unloading of fuel directly into the 

 kiln. This door may be centrally placed in the outer wall, as indicated 



Fig. II. — Two-kiln Evaporator, Second Floor Plan. 

 K.F., kiln floors. W.R., work rnom. C.R., curing room. S.B., storage bio. 

 E., elevator. B., bleacher. S., slicer. F., chimney of furnaces. 



in the plans, and need not be more tJian 5 feet high. It should be 4 feet 

 in width to facilitate easy handling of wood. Most important of all, it 

 should be fitted with a good substantial lock, and the key should be in 

 the possession of the furnace man, in order that careless or irresponsible 

 people may not stop the drying process by leaving the door open. 



The floor of the paring room should be of a good quality of matched 

 flooring, and should be carefully laid, in order to facilitate cleaning. It 

 should be elevated sufficiently above the ground to permit free passage 

 of air from the inlets in the outer wall to those in the walls of the kilns, 

 as shown in the plans of side elevation of the foui"-kiln evaporator. One 

 end of the paring room is occupied by a storage bin, 12 x 6 feet, which 

 may be given a capacity of 575 bushels by carrying its walls up to the 



