Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-11
EXPLORERS GO
WELL PREPARED
TO FAR NORTH
Dehydrated FOOdstuffs to
Last Six Months Carried by
Macmillan Expedition.

NEW YORK, Nov. u.-when Capt. Don
aid E. Macmillan and his six adventurous
companions sailed down the Sheepscot
River. Maine, a few days ago beaded for
Baffin Land and the unchsrted regions
Of the frozen North they carried with
them what will be the first fresh fruits
and vegetables ever to penetrate to that
barren land. The foOtstufs, which in
cluGed raPpberries and cabbages, both
to be eaten raw; fresh spinach, green
corn and new rhubarb, in the stalk. for
rhubarb pies, were packed simply In
, paper bags and cardboard boxes and
were so compact that they viii be suffi-
rient to last six months.
The food was IN dehydrated form, by
which chemical process Of removing the
water without destroying the cell walls
a bushel reduces to a pound or two, will
keep indefinitely in that form and yet
may be restored to its original bulk, color
and taste by a few hours soaking in
water.
ROAST BEEF
HASH COMPLETE.
! Not the least interesting items on the
list Of dehydrated foods carried on the
Arctic expedition was a quantity Of roast
beef hash, complete, which in its de-
hydrafted form is a mass Of dry, with
cred kernels. A little water win 80 re-
=
| II entirely new. Enough dehydrated
grass to last the dogs Of the expedition
| for six months at the rate Of two pOr-
lions a week was included and bunch
Of catnip for the ships cat. A small
quantity Of eggs and fish was also fur
nished.
The foods were prepared at twenty
| four hours notice by scientists and food
experts who have been experimenting
with the dehydration process as affect
ing every fruit and vegetable grown on
| the North American continent, and with
meats, fish and eggs.
NUTRITION
IS PRESERVED.
The process, which takes from half
an hour to four or FIVE hours, according
to the water content of the article, is
claimed By scientists to be far superior
to drying or canning since the volatiles.
havoring essences, colorinzs and nutri-
| tive properties are preserved intact. The
/ great decrease in bulk under dehydra-
| Ion Is due to the fact, little app-eciat-
ed, that fresh foods average 30 per cent
water and that in paying for such the
consumer lie actually paying for water
be does not want or need.
The dehydratiOn process is one Of the
inventions sponsored by the Association
Of Scientists. Engineers, Inventors and
Financiers, headed by DR.. Miller Reese
HutchisOn, former chief engineer to
Thomas A. Edison.
DOCTOR INVENTS
NEW DEVICES.
DR.. Hutchinson is the inventor of the
Acousticon for the deaf, the Klaxon horn
and several hundred other devices As
ISOLATED with him In his new enterprise
are Hudson Maxim. Rear Admiral Sam
uel MCGOWAN, paymaster general U. s.
Navy, retired; william II. Williams,
former commissioner Of internal revenue
and Sir Edgar Rees Jones, NJ P, head
Of the PriOrities Division Of the British
Ministry Of Munitions during the war
and European director Of the association
an invention will be considered By the
association only when It comes with the
Endorsement Of an engineer In good
standing. but once accepted the inventor
'Till be aided step by step in the deveI-
oDment Of his idea and its thorough test