The Monett times., 1921-11-11

years ago:
Il believe that in the not distant future
there will come about a great revolution,
selling and storing our vegetables and
fruits. I believe that this will profoundly
affect all city dwellers, the farmer,
gardener and fruit grower. And | am con-
WINGED that new processes of dehydration
that are coming in will make it more profit
able to preserve many meats by taking the
water out Of them by sailing, smoking and
using cold storage.
Sees Big Industry.
Il am convinced that an immense in
dustry will be established in the dehydra-
ton Of fish and shellfish and that de-
hydrated oysters, CLAIMS, shrimps and many
other fish will be sold, with all the manifold
vegetables and fruit products, in light car
tons, weighing fraction Of what they
weigh now, instead Of in cans and refriger-
ator cars; that such meats as caribou and
reindeer will come to US as good as when
killed; that vegetables, fruits and meats
will be converted from perishabe to i'm
parishable commodities, so that the surplus
of good year may be carried over to lean
years without loss; carried on warehouse
receipts as wheat and cotton are now
carried. ---~~~
II believe that by dehydration large
part of the more than SO per cent OF our
fruits and vegetables which now spoil will
be saved, that we shall be able to ship such
things as sweet potatoes and potatoes, for
instance, to foreign countries without
f,oo or rOffinU and that
these products will be so reduced in bulk
and weight that one railway car or one ship
will carry as much food as ten carry now;
that it will be as good in quality as the
foods we obtain by our present methods,
and much of it better, and that by this de-
velopment of saving food by taking out the
water in it the world will be able to support
it's present population in greater comfort,
and to care for an immensely greater popu-
lation in case of the seemingly inevitable
increase as it takes place.
Cheer for Flat Dweller.
'I believe that the time is coming, and
coming soon, when by the use of processes
that have now been perfected the city flat
dweller will be able to keep for any length
of time all the vegetables and meats needed
to furnish forth any ordinary meal in car
tons in cupboard, without ice, and in such
a flat from these cartons will be taken the
things from which to prepare soup OF
either meats or vegetables, and oyster or
clam stew, shrimp, steak, potatoes, stew
ed tomatoes, French fried, German fried,
lyonnaise or mashed potatoes, any cooked
vegetable such as beets, carrots or string
beans for the salad, any kind of hot or
cold fruit dried except the ones served raw
Dehydrated milk may be served, as now"
Each day sees his prophecy bearing on
ward to fulfillment. 1t stands to reason
that any process that can condense one ton
of pumpkins into 200 pounds, without any
loss of food value or flavor, is develop
ment that will revolutionize production,
transportation. and consumption.
Would Have Helped Russia.
Take, for instance, the present con-
dition in Russia. With proper equipment
this could have been virtually alleviated.
And it is forecast that in the near future
no such conditions will be present among
civilized peoples. Dehydration will work
the miracle.
E. C. Horst, one of the largest dryers OF
vegetables and fruits in the United States,
says:
The drying Of vegetables is very old
proposition. It was supplanted something
like thirty or forty years ago by the can
ming industry, and very little attention was