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THE HOP. 



on the outside of the building. The pipe is often run 

 several feet from the building, and turned up like the 

 smokestack of a steam boiler, to make a good draft. 



There is a door from the stove room into the bal- 

 ing room, with a light of glass, so that the man who 

 attends the drying may see the state of the fires without 



FIG. 97. DRAFT HOP KILN. 



The figures give the dimensions, and tli^ letters indicate the same parts as In 



Fi-i 94. 



going in; a thermometer on the inside shows the 

 degree of heat at a glance. The drying room is over 

 the stove room. Usually there are joists laid across 

 the top of the stove room, and wooden slats, one inch 

 by two, are laid on them on edge, two and a half inches 

 apart. On this there is laid a carpet, usually made of 



