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flax or hemp, with small threads, twisted hard and 

 woven loosely, so that the si)aces hetween them are 

 about one-sixteenth of an inch or more, allowing air 

 to pass through freely. It should never be of cotton. 

 The roof should be carried up very high, so as to have 

 the ventilator as high as possible, and make a better 

 draft to the kiln. I'his is made with a cowl, which 

 turns by the wind, or a slate ventilator is used, arranged 

 so as to keep out the rain, while the air can pass up 

 freely. The store room is next the drying room, but 

 the floor is from three to eight feet lower, so as to 

 make plenty of room to store hops in bulk until they 

 are ready to press. It should have but one w^indow, 

 which should have a shutter to keep the room dark 

 while the hops are in it. They will turn brown if 

 exposed to light. Have boards to set up, and make the 

 end of the store room farthest from the drying room 

 into one or two large bins, so that any damaged hops 

 can be kept separate. Lnder the store room is the bal- 

 ing room; it has a tight floor, and is used to bale the 

 hops, store the hop press, together with any tools not 

 in use in the yard. 



Another and more modern plan is illustrated in 

 Figs. io6, 107 and io8. The size given is large enough 

 for a yard of four or five acres. It should be set in a 

 side-hill, if possible, otherwise much hard labor would 

 always be required to get the hops up to the kiln. The 

 hop house here described is 22x32 feet, with a kiln 

 16x16 feet, and a walk entirely around it. The stove- 

 room is 12x22 and two and o-^e-half feet lower than 

 the level of the kiln, which is 11 feet from the ground. 

 The joists (j, j) over the stove room are two by seven 

 inches, upon which rest the slats (s,s), one and one-half 

 inches square and four inches apart. These support the 

 strong linen strainer cloth, which is fastened to the 

 side boards of the kiln, by small hooks. At the open- 

 ings, where the hops are shoveled off, the cloth should 



