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AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURE. 



California, where fruit drying is an enormous business, 

 scores of designs are seen. In Victoria and South Australia, 

 drying houses of sun-dried clay, stone, brick, iron, and 

 timber are in use. 



American Dryer. Mr. Frank Coffee, of the Universal 

 Nursery, Wahroonga, has introduced a rapid working and 

 effective dryer of the 

 American type. The fruit 

 is inserted at the front 

 (A) and can be returned 

 from the back (E D). G 

 are the frames used. They 

 are made of wood, as a 

 rule, iron being likely to 

 color the fruit. Sizes to 

 fit openings of 4 feet are 

 found to be handy and 



Workable. American Dryer. 



The Shelton Dryer. Professor Shelton, of Queensland, 

 has arranged a dryer in which the fruit trays are placed 

 upon racks on endless chains, so that any desired degree of 

 temperature can be regulated. The trays are moved by 

 the lever, seen in the front view of the machine. Their 



SUelton Dryer The Front* 



Shelton Dryer Innide. 



