298 Farmers’ Bulletin 1285. 
this plant in plan and elevations. Dimension data for plants of 
150, 800, and 400 gallons capacity are given in Tables 2 and 4. 
The piping in the cooking tank is perforated with 3% to $ inch holes 
spaced 6 inches apart but not in line so that when the steam is ad- 
mitted into the coils it will enter the mixture at different angles and 
so be uniformly distributed. 
TABLE 4.—Steam plants for lime-sulphur. 
é : Pipe required in water tank. 
Space requirements, not in- Recom- 
aed cluding: Storage:Space, for) ee Se 
Capacity of plant materials or concentrate. F <: boiler 
(gallons). Linear feet for capacity 
3 |S (horse- 
Length. | Width. | Height. inch: | toch. | anche 
1 2 3 4 5 6 ds 8 9 
Square 
Feet. Feet, Feet. eet. 
MOQ ea stcredaeeris cater 23 18 12 18 51 40 35 18 
BOD Senos cate see eee 25 20 13 35 102 80 70 35 
MOOS cactivcicascomeenee 27 22 13 46 133 106 92 46 
GOO ett eee sset ee 26 30 14 73 212 168 146 72 
BOOS a eee eee | 27 33 14 102 296 235 205 100 
a Based on steam at 5 pounds per square inch pressure. 
Figures 25 and 26 show two arrangements of all equipment and in- 
dicate the sequence of operations in connection with the single-cooker 
steam-type plant. In the arrangement illustrated in Figure 25 ma- 
terials are delivered at the indicated door and stored in bins. Lines 
beginning at the storage room indicate the course of material from 
MATERIALS DELIVERED 
SCALES __] 
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LIME 
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Fic. 25.—Routing diagram for single-cooker steam type of lime-sulphur plant. 
the bins to the scales. From this point they are delivered into 
the cooking tank as in the plant shown in Figures 10 and 
11. The passage of the concentrate through the filter tank is 
as indicated by the lines and arrows. The delivery door is lo- 
cated conveniently for loading the barreled product or piping the 
strained material directly into the spray tank. The floor space re- 
