KILNS FOR CURING HOPS. 



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HOP KILNS IX NEW YORK STATE 



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

 recently built embody many of the improvements seen 

 in the new curing houses on the Pacific coast. A 

 familiar 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 PLAN 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 

 walls are of wood, they must be plastered to the top of 

 the room. At the bottom of the walls there 

 should be six air holes, one by 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 



