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the wall at the- licimlit of ii feet, across which are 

 ])lacccl strips two iiu-hes s(|uarc, and nine inches apart. 

 Over these is spread a stront; cloth made of horse hair. 

 Figure lOO shows a i)lan of the drying floor, ca])acity 

 35 to 50 Inishels. The wall is carried about tw(j 

 feet higher, and plates are placed upon i^ and 

 terminal t'd hy a shar]) wooden roof. At the toj) of the 

 roof should he a IkjIc about five feet in dianuter, 

 around which is ])laced a circular ])late scjmewhat 

 larger on the outside than the hole itself. UjJon this 

 plate is placed a cowl, to keep out the rain and let off 

 the vapor. It fu-ns with the wind. On the ground 

 lloor is the furiiar ?. A door connects the kiln with the 

 storage room below and the chambers above, foi 

 receiving, cooling and j^acking the hops. The furnace 

 is built so that the heat rises from the center. A wall 

 two feet high is raised, upon which is i)laced an iron 

 grate, three feet wide and four feet long. The wall is 

 cnrried a few bricks higher, solid, after which it is 

 raised in open work two feet higher, the bricks lai)ping 

 over each other about two inches. The two sides and 

 back end being built, the top is covered by Hat tile. 

 sup])orted by iron bars, laid across. A ground ])lan is 

 given in Vig. 99. A double kiln of this nature is 

 shown in Figs. 110 and iii. 



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Many of these have been built since 1890, and are 

 designed to do their work with the utmost perfection 

 and economy of capital, labor, fuel, and maintenance. 

 These objects have been sought with special care by 

 the Pleasanton Hop Company, whose buildings em- 

 body many features suggested as desirable by science 

 and practice in all parts of the hop-growing world. 

 This model hop-curing establishment is described in 

 detail in the sketches, plans and photographs. Figs. 

 115 to 122, inclusive. This establishment now 



