The best size of reflector for two men is 12x 12x8 inches, the pan of which holds just a dozen biscuits. For four men, a good size is 16x18x8. These sizes are the height, width, and depth, re- spectively, when the oven is open for use. When folded it is only about an inch thick. The 8x12 size weighs 2 pounds, with bake pan; the 8x18 size, 2^ pounds. A canvas carrying case, which is needed, for the baker is frail, adds another pound. A wire broiler packs inside the reflector; it is not necessary for broiling meat, but it is handy for the purpose, and especially for broiling fish. The old-fashioned Dutch oven of cast iron is too heavy for any but wagon parties, and by them is usually discarded for a camp stove. A much cheaper utensil than the reflector, and one that can be used like a Dutch oven, with coals underneath and on top, is the sheet-steel baker or roaster designed for use in stove ovens. With the two sections nesting, it is quite portable. The 15x10x7 size weighs, with bake pan, about 414 pounds. A good-sized water pail is a great convenience in camp. The best form of all is a galvanized pail with bail ears set below the rim and a tight cover fitting outside the top. It is strong enough to go on a pack saddle, and is an excellent container for perishables. In a canoe it is much handier and more reliable than the japanned bread box so often used as a provision chest. With a broad strip of surgeon's plaster around the rim it is per- fectly water-tight and the cover cannot come off. Don't be bluffed by its name: it is called a gar- bage can. Men who have neither time nor inclination to UTENSILS. 25 1. Coffee Boiler. 2. Miner's Coffee Pot. 3. Percolator. 4. Miner's Cup. 5. Baker. 6. Water Bucket, 7. Reflector. 8. Frying Pan. 26 CAMP COOKERY. rummage the stores for "calamities" that will nest would do well to pay extra for outfits already kitted by camp outfitters. Using one outfitter's sets for illustration, we are offered: Set for. Size, nested. In "Armorsteel." In"Aluminol." Two persons ... 9^^ x 8% in. 6% lbs. $4.00 6% lbs. $9.85 Four persons ...10 xlliiin. 12 lbs. 6.25 10"% lbs. 16.60 Six persons 11 x 12^8 in. 17 1/2 lbs. 8.50 17 14 lbs. 26.50 Eight persons . .11 x 12 78 in. 19 1^ lbs. 9.40 18% lbs. 30.00 In the four-men and eight-men sets the coffee pots will be found rather stingy. An 8x18 fold- ing reflector, broiler, canvas case, butcher knife, cooking spoon, and percolator would add exactly 4 pounds weight and $6.40 to the price. "Aluminol" is an aluminum alloy that is tougher and more durable than the common aluminum of the shops. The latter is too soft and too easily bent or dented, and it Mdll not stand dry heat. Aluminum frying pans are worthless: food sticks to them and burns. "Armorsteel" utensils are made from strong steel stamped in one solid piece, and doubly tinned. Ordinary tinware is much lighter and cheaper than either of these, but here its merits end. It will not stand rough handling*, rusts easily, is hard to clean when greasy, and its soldered joints are always treacherous.

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The best size of reflector for two men is 12x 12x8 inches, the pan of which holds just a dozen biscuits. For four men, a good size is 16x18x8. These sizes are the height, width, and depth, respectively, when the oven is open for use. When folded it is only about an inch thick. The 8x12 size weighs 2 pounds, with bake pan; the 8x18 size, 2½ pounds. A canvas carrying case, which is needed, for the baker is frail, adds another pound. A wire broiler packs inside the reflector; it is not necessary for broiling meat, but it is handy for the purpose, and especially for broiling fish. The old-fashioned Dutch oven of cast iron is too heavy for any but wagon parties, and by them is usually discarded for a camp stove. A much cheaper utensil than the reflector, and one that can be used like a Dutch oven, with coals underneath and on top, is the sheet-steel baker or roaster designed for use in stove ovens. With the two sections nesting, it is quite portable. The 15x10x7 size weighs, with bake pan, about 414 pounds. A good-sized water pail is a great convenience in camp. The best form of all is a galvanized pail with bail ears set below the rim and a tight cover fitting outside the top. It is strong enough to go on a pack saddle, and is an excellent container for perishables. In a canoe it is much handier and more reliable than the japanned bread box so often used as a provision chest. With a broad strip of surgeon's plaster around the rim it is perfectly water-tight and the cover cannot come off. Don't be bluffed by its name: it is called a garbage can. Men who have neither time nor inclination to 1. Coffee Boiler. 2. Miner's Coffee Pot. 3. Percolator. 4. Miner's Cup. 5. Baker. 6. Water Bucket, 7. Reflector. 8. Frying Pan. rummage the stores for "calamities" that will nest would do well to pay extra for outfits already kitted by camp outfitters. Using one outfitter's sets for illustration, we are offered: Set for. Size, nested. In "Armorsteel." In"Aluminol." Two persons ... 9^^ x 8% in. 6% lbs. $4.00 6% lbs. $9.85 Four persons ...10 xlliiin. 12 lbs. 6.25 10"% lbs. 16.60 Six persons 11 x 12^8 in. 17 1/2 lbs. 8.50 17 14 lbs. 26.50 Eight persons . .11 x 12 78 in. 19 1^ lbs. 9.40 18% lbs. 30.00 In the four-men and eight-men sets the coffee pots will be found rather stingy. An 8x18 folding reflector, broiler, canvas case, butcher knife, cooking spoon, and percolator would add exactly 4 pounds weight and $6.40 to the price. "Aluminol" is an aluminum alloy that is tougher and more durable than the common aluminum of the shops. The latter is too soft and too easily bent or dented, and it will not stand dry heat. Aluminum frying pans are worthless: food sticks to them and burns. "Armorsteel" utensils are made from strong steel stamped in one solid piece, and doubly tinned. Ordinary tinware is much lighter and cheaper than either of these, but here its merits end. It will not stand rough handling, rusts easily, is hard to clean when greasy, and its soldered joints are always treacherous.

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