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THE HOP 



gangway for team and wagon, to a platform with a 

 good shed over it, in which hops are deposited direct 

 from the yard, until ready for loading the hop kiln. 

 Wagons then pass down a gangway at the other 

 end of the platform to the field level. Hence hop 

 kilns are often built in a hollow to save as much hauling 

 up a gangway as possible. A large elevator to carry 

 the sacked hops from wagon to kiln floor is cheaper, 

 and on some accounts better, where one has the power 

 to run it. 



FIG. 104. STOVE FOR KILN, FRONT VIEW. 



