KILNS FOR CURING HOPS. 



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nor KILNS I\ NKW VOKK STATE 



are of various kinds. Some arc very old, but those 

 recently l.uilt cnil^ody many of the improvements seen 

 in the new curin*^ houses on the Pacific coast. A 

 famihar New York style is shown in Figs. 94, 95, 96, 

 97 and 98. The house is usually divided into four 

 rooms. The stove room, where fire is made, should be 



FIG. 95. GROUND PI^N OF HOP KILN. 



not less than 14 feet high, and 16 or 18 feet is 

 better, with stone or brick walls, and no floor. If the 

 /alls are of wood, they must be plastered to the top of 

 the room. At the bottom of the walls there 

 should bo six air holes, one bv three feet, 





FIG. 90. SECOND FLOOR OF HOP KILN. 



with doors to close them tight when neces- 

 sary; and if the kiln is very large, there must be 

 more than six. The stoves, usually two, are large 

 enough to take in three-foot wood, with grate bars at 

 the bottom, and very large doors; the pipes are carried 

 once or twice across the room, as near the level of the 

 top of the stove as possible, and then go into a chimney 



