Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1914 — Electricity Helps Sun. [ARTICLE]

Electricity Helps Sun.

Electricity Is being employed to help out the sun In California and Arizona. Date growers have discovered that the natural temperature in the desert districts Is not warm enough to ripen dates properly. Now this process Is accomplished artificially by means of electric ovens. The unripe dates are put into these ovens and allowed to regain three days at a temperature of 122 degrees Fahrenheit. At the expiration of this period they are fully ripe and ready for market. —Edison Monthly..