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Show Agriculture In the News By V. J. DRYDEN Drying Mushrooms Dried mushrooms offer a chance for the farm child or farm wife to supplement the h1!"'9-- "egg money." f40$'f'4 TyP3 of mush-f$4ti mush-f$4ti rooms cultivated W'. i n t h e U n i t e d States have not 5fi$$?M Proven satisfac- ipM0m reason dried CMi k-j-.y;?l mushrooms sold in the United States have been imported. The wild varieties have proven satisfactory for drying. They can be successfully dried by being placed on wire trays, one layer deep, and having a rapid current f warm dry air passed over them. The same equipment used for other oth-er dehydration will prove satisfactory. satisfac-tory. Many, who live near wild mushroom mush-room patches, might be able to father far more than needed for immediate im-mediate consumption. When thoroughly thor-oughly dried they will keep in good ondltion for several years. They can be sold dry to stores or restau-I restau-I rants or kept for winter home use. |
