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iinish them over artificial heat, to kill any insects or any- 

 thing of that sort. Of course, in Colorado and Arizona, 

 where they never see a cloud for months at a time and the 

 siir is very dry, sun drying is used very largely, 



MR. WHITCOMB : I would like to inquire if you have 

 had any success in drying tomatoes and celery? 



MRS. BURNHAM : Celery and tomatoes all are in that 

 box. They are often contained in the soup stock. Tht 

 tomatoes that are in that box I dried this way : I cut them 

 ni halves and with powdered sugar, dried them to the thick 

 ness of figs and sliced them, and you may stew them until 

 they are quite thick, — I wouldn't try tomatoes. They are 

 perfectly good, but there is such a large content of water 

 from them that you lose more or less juice, and I think I 

 would use my glass jars for tomatoes in preference to al- 

 most anything else, and dry some of the drier vegetables. I 

 would always dry from preference for the best flavoring in 

 them. I would always dry corn, peas and string beans. 

 Those beans, which look so much like little worms, are de- 

 licious. They are very much better than anything I hav-,- 

 ever seen. 



THE CHAIRMAN: Are there any further questions.— 

 now is your opportunity to find out about drying. 



A MEI\n5ER : I would like to inquire if there is a reas- 

 onably priced evaporator on the market which the farmers 

 could afford to buy without paying too much? 



MRS. BURNHAM: There are a great many. Granger 

 Evaporator, if you have steam pipes at all, is a good one. 

 You can get hold of a bulletin that T have here, "The evap- 

 oration of fruits and vegetables by J. B. Caldwood, of the 

 State College of Washington." It is the most complete 

 thing I have seen at all. There is a Government bulletin on 

 home drying, but this takes in both home evaporation and 

 commercial, and also for the farmers' use, and tells you 

 every type of evaporator used, so far as I know. It is bulle- 

 tin No. 148. I think you will find it very valuable, and I 

 am sure they will be glad to send it to you. It is the State 



