THE CARE OF TENTS by GEO. D. BALLOU.

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 19, 1879

THE CARE OF TENTS.

By GEO. D. BALLOU.

Much has been said at various times about the care of our tents. A suggestion based on our experience last summer may not be out of place.

During the entire season we had a stove in our small family tent, which was a new one, and nearly every morning we had a fire sufficient to quite thoroughly dry the tent inside. This tent mildewed but very slightly. The large tent, which was also new, mildewed quite badly in places during the first nine weeks, after which we put two stoves into it to warm it for evening services. We thought we could see that the mildew was arrested to some extent by this.

All have noticed that early in the morning their tents are covered inside with fine particles of moisture; and it has also been observed that tents begin to mildew where the heat of the sun strikes early in the morning. And it is a fact that the mildew begins on the inside of the cloth.

Now our theory in regard to the matter is, that if a tent could be thoroughly dried inside before the heat of the sun strikes it, there would be no such thing as mildew. It is not probable that this can be entirely accomplished; but by the use of a good stove in a tent, it can be done to such a degree that the mildew will be prevented for a much longer time than it now is.

GEO. D. BALLOU.