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Show POTATOE9 DPIED WHOLESALE. H New tnilnttry Cminnenreil In North Vahl H ma, Male Wathlnglnn. iaaaaaB Potatoes grow largo and fifty to a 9BI hill In Washlnglun and one ot the PrDasV varieties turned out thero Is tho llur- 3flcE bank, which attains to a slro threit JoNfflafl times as large na tho variety In Mlchl- 91QeI gan of that name. It has not paid to 'JsaatBH ship them cast paying the high rail- Ms-fTM road tariffs, nnd consequently they Iawja-Bfl have been a drug on tho market Hero- sflfiura after, however, they aro to ho sliced ataUVtura and dried, nnd In this condition they can bo sent east, nnd also to tha Is- GC? lands of the Parlflc. An evapomtlng 4KAb and preserving factory has been net up JHUP nt North Yakima and for use tn It tha HBi company ordered n potato peeling ma- ItibUbsbbbI chine from (lermany. It Is mid that Ebbbbi the rapacity of tho midline, which Is bbbbbbbH operated by steam. Is threo tons n day lJfl(5 The phnt is capable of consuming sit L tons of raw potatoes dally and n set MBgH ond machine, will soon bo put in, Thb Vbb-c manager estimates that he will con- bbbb tume al least 100 tons of Yakima llur'' MrafC bsnks this season. Se era) women and IbbbbbB glrla nro employe.! In tho work at HbbbbbbbI wage ranging from 75 rents to moro V than doublo Hint nmount n day. Thoy H are paid by the quantity peeled, sliced B or spread on trays, thus making tho H wage depend upon the Individual ex- B crtlons of tho wage camera. The po- H tatoes are peeled raw and otter slicing H very thin nro placed In trays and H cooked by steam. This removes th H water, estimated at about 80 per cent H of tho tuber, and leaves llio solids or H nutriment In tho slier. They then go H through the drying prncciM, which li H on the principle of dry steam heat, the H pipes passing through the evaporator H near each row of tmys. Tbo ovnpo- H rating apparatus In tha North Yakima H plant contains over onn mllo nt plpei H carrying tho heat to tha trays, A win H screen Is kept over each tray durlnn H tho drying to provrnt dirt from set- H tllng upon tho sliced potatoes Chlra- HH go Chronicle. H |
