VEGETABLE AND FRUIT DEHYDRATION 7 



operating as community projects or on individual farms, often justify 

 themselves by making possible the saving of crops that have no 

 ready market. Their value in wartime is limited by the fact that the 

 output per unit of operating labor and construction materials is 

 low. 



APPROXIMATELY 140' 



Figure 3. — Lay-out of 25-ton, counterflow, tunnel-type dehydration plant. Floor 

 spaces (square feet) are as -follows: Raw-material storage, 2,600; finished- 

 product and packaging-supplies storage, 2,900 ; preparation, 1,800 ; drying, 4,000 ; 

 packaging, 500 ; boiler room, 300 ; laboratory, 150 ; locker and wash rooms, 700 ; 

 office, 450 ; machine shop and tray repair, 300 ; sewerage, 300. 



APPROXIMATELY 165' 



SEWAGE 

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MACHINE 

 SHOP 



BOILER 



Cutter, Wosher 



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 r-, P"? , Washer El,va 

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CONVEYOR-TYPE DRYER 



-Toke-off Chutes 



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LOCKER AND 

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OFFICE 



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Scale is only approximate 



Figure 4. — Lay-out of 25-ton, conveyor-type dehydration plant. Floor spaces 

 (square feet) are as follows: Raw-material storage, 2,500; finished-product 

 and packaging-supplies storage, 2,500 ; preparation, 2,100 ; drying, 2,600 ; packag- 

 ing, 500 ; boiler room, 500 ; laboratory, 150 ; locker and wash rooms, 700 ; office, 

 400 ; machine shop and tray repair, 200 ; sewerage, 250. 



