Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 249, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1920 — HOMEMADE FOOD DRIERS CHEAPEST [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HOMEMADE FOOD DRIERS CHEAPEST

The purchase of expensive factorymade driers for fruits and vegetables often calls for an expenditure of several times the amount necessary to secure a good drier of either the homemade or factory-made type, according to the United States department of agriculture, which has made a study of the best types of driers for home use. Expensive Drier. The department has had Its attention called to one drier now on the market selling at a price about five times what It would cost to construct a satisfactory substitute at home. While the Interest which gardeners are everywhere manifesting in increased food productlofi should result. in increased use of. driers, the department believes that a large money expenditure for such equipment ordinarily is not necessary. Information on .Driers. For the benefit of those who prefer to make their own driers the department has published for free distribution pamphlets containing detailed information on the subject One of the driers recommended is metal covered and is designed to stand on a cookstove or small furnace. A less expensive cookstove drier, also recommended, is made of lath, wire screen and canvas or heavy unbleached muslin. With either of these articles much of the garden’s surplus can be conserved

for winter use, thus materially seducing the food bills of the coming months.

Sliced Apples Drying on Home-Made Tray.

Drying Sliced Beets—Tray is Part of a Home-Made Outfit.