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Ranche and Range. OI.DSKKIKS. VOX/. 8, NO. Hi I MKW S Kit IKS, VOI,. 1, NO. LH. f THE FLECKENSTEIN EVAPORATOR. This evaporator was invented and put into operation by Mr. Adam Fleckenstein, of Woodlawn, Oregon, who has had nineteen years experience in curing prunes in Oregon, during which time he has made a thorough and practical investigation of the whole subject of curing prunes. As a result of his owns investigations and those of other prominent prune growers of the Northwest it has been found that the best apparatus for drying prunes is one which provides for an arrangement of trays in stacks or tiers placed in shafts in such a way that the hot air must rise among the fruit, and is so con structed that the trays of fresh fruit are introduced at the top where the air is the least warm and gradually de scends to the bot tom where the air is the hottest. The Fleckenstein evap orator accomplishes this in the easiest possible manner. The illustration shown represents one stack or com partment which contains 25 trays, measuring 24 x4B inches and which will evaporate 20 bushels of green prunes in twenty-four hours. The trays of fruit are handled in the stack as follows. The bottom tray rests on small rollers. The front end of the second tray rests on the bottom tray and the back end rests on the two three inch wheels raised about three quar NORTH YAKIMA, WASH., AUGUST 5, 1897. ters of an inch above the bottom tray, so that when the second tray with those above it are raised to a level, which is easily done by means of an ingeniously arranged lever placed under the front end of the second tray, the bottom tray is free and may be removed or examined and returned to place; if removed, the sec ond tray aided by the two three inch wheels behind; wheat, rye or barley; another grows potatoes, cabbage, onions, etc., systematically arranged, leaving bare walking room between the and them grain. The shade trees around the house are pear trees. Every foot .of land is made to produce. He keeps chickens and pigs. This is an object lesson on intensive farming. $l PKR YEAR. slides gently down in the place vacated by number one. The bottom tray it will be observed, is shoved forward an inch or two by the action of the wheels behind, upon which the back end of tray • number two is forced to remain. Trays of fresh fruit are put in at the top. M What many an American farmer fails to do on 100 acres, the thrifty Hollander in Bel gium easily does on two. acres; namely, support a large family and lay by something for a rainy day. He does it by making the most of every inch, by heavy manuring allowing no waste places. His two acres is surrounded by a ditch of run ning water. The typical two - acre Belgium farm will contain a patch of