Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1896 — Drying Fruit by Electricity. [ARTICLE]

Drying Fruit by Electricity.

It is suggested that the drying of fruit, which requires great care and a certain regulation of the temperature, offers a promising field for electrlo heating. Fuel for heating by steam la often expensive, but fruit districts usu-ally-have abundant water power that could be used for driving dynamos. The electric current would prove serviceable in a variety of ways In addition to heating. There can be no joy to-day while w« are worrying about to-morrow.