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Show EQUIPMENT OF SUGAR HOUSE Arch and Ventilator Placed So as to Prevent Drip From Condensed Steam Falling In Pans. In reply to an inquirer on "Prob lems in Maple Sugar Making," I would say that if soft coal is used for fuel grates would be necessary. Several Sev-eral manufactured evaporator archea would handle soft coal or wood, or both together, and my impression is that coal and wood mixed would make a dandy heat for evaporating, writea M. J. Newsome In the Michigan Farmer. Farm-er. If you are using a home-made arch, see that the ash pit is good and deep, say 18 or 20 inches below the grates, and full size of grate surface, built up of brick, stone or cement. Have good damper to ash pit and good, tight fire doors. It depends some on the size of the evaporator as to the correct size of sugar house. A 3 by 12 foot arch would work nicely in a 12 by 18 foot Wood Door Tire PiT WINDOW ! t I 1-1. & 7 -T, Rani I Porx Parx I Pars 1 ? v S-la.cK DoorV. window i ' ' I Arch and Ventilator. building, with 6 foot sides and half-pitch half-pitch roof. Set arch about 24 inches from one side, so as to have the working work-ing side of pans near center of floor. Put ventilator in the peak, say 20 inches wide- and two-thirds the length of arch, in line with firing end ol same, as 70 per cent, of the evaporating evaporat-ing is accomplished on the front hall af arch. The object of placing arch between wall and ventilator is so the Jrip from condensed steam will not fall in pans. I |