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Show KEEPING BUGS FROM SUN-DRIED FRUITS Light Trays Covered Wth Screen Admirably. I Several expedients for ridding sun- I dried fruit of worms havo been prac- I tigC(i( Buch heating In an oven and dipping 1" not watur; ut eac1' llas ltB dlHndvart,K('s A ler way Is to keep the lllos or .j,f that lay eggs away from tho . vulillo It la drying, thuB prevent-I prevent-I .iiihtettd of curing. JrrniyB madp of light lumber and cov-. cov-. re(l with a hinged lid inado of ncreen i wire will nnswer tho purposo. Theso trnys aro much moro convenient conve-nient than tliH wot of a building or n scaffold, nB tney can bo carried in when rainy, and again put out without disturbing tho linlf-drled fruit. Th gaivnnlzed. Instead of tho painted, paint-ed, should bo used, and the framo of tho lid made so as to exclude tho tiles. A grent deal of sun-dried fruit Is absolutely worthless (on account of the tiles), ulih.ii would otherwise bo In good condition. The trays filioulil bo madu with both bottom and top screens, so thoy may bo reversed, and tho fruit allowed to dry faster If mndo In this wny, however, tho trnyB must bo placed on a solid foundation foun-dation In such ii wny that tho tiles cannot can-not reach the fruit that Is next to thu wlro. |